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Work with Austrian missionary serving in leader development, producing videos and refugee ministry

Feb - Mar 2024; Aug - Dec 2024 | Action International Ministries

Leanne discipling a local woman at her church

Trip #26494

Work with Austrian missionary serving in leader development, producing videos and refugee ministry

Trip #26494

Leanne discipling a local woman at her church

Action International Ministries

Location:

Austria, Western Europe

Dates:

Feb - Mar 2024; Aug - Dec 2024
Lasts 3 weeks to 2 months

Activities:

Evangelism- Friendship/Discipleship, Internship, Missionary Support/Care, Refugees, Teaching/Education,

Cost:

Approximately $1000 to $1200
** See Financial Information Below
Includes: Lodging, Meals
Agency: Action International Ministries
Location: Austria, Western Europe
Dates: Feb - Mar 2024; Aug - Dec 2024
Lasts 3 weeks to 2 months
Activities: Evangelism- Friendship/Discipleship, Internship, Missionary Support/Care, Refugees, Teaching/Education
Cost: Approximately $1000 to $1200
** See Financial Information Below
Includes: Lodging, Meals
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Opportunity for German-speaking women: Come and serve alongside a veteran missionary, get a taste of international missionary life, consider your own call to long-term global missions!

Map Austria
Leanne teaching at a seminar

What the Mission Trip Will Be Like

Leanne teaching at a seminar

Austria: -MISSIONS INTERNSHIP-

Vienna, Austria

Goal: To offer women who are self-motivated an opportunity to taste international missionary life by partaking in everyday life and ministry with my two sons and me. The intern could live with us for part of her term and/or possibly experience cross-cultural life with an Austrian family for part of the time! Length of term: 2-6 weeks. There are various forms of ministry she could be exposed to depending upon individual personality and areas of gifting.

Q & A with ACTION missionary Leanne Carter:

1. What are some ministry tasks that you want the intern to accomplish while serving with you?

The intern could assist me in teaching English at the Austrian elementary school and/or prepare for the next year’s curriculum (summer time). There would be opportunity for her to attend “English night” at my house and expose Austrians from our local church to conversational English. She will want to begin learning the local language, German, and attempt to cultivate relationships with the locals. Being a part of our family for the time, she will want to engage in home life and serve through various responsibilities. She will be encouraged to spend time in God’s Word, read books, and initiate discussion! I love to learn and grow and will look forward to identifying how God renews our minds and changes our actions. We will laugh, enjoy cross-cultural life, and eat ice cream! – as we explore our day to day life as an adventure!

2. What are some key lessons from your ministry and walk with the Lord that you want to impart to the interns to help them as they consider their own individual call to missions or vocational ministry?

A huge part of my ministry begins by drawing near to the Lord and delighting in Him (James 4:8). It is an adventure to discover the good works God prepared for us to walk in (Eph. 2:10). It is God’s Spirit working in and through us that brings the fruit. Missions is often NOT a 40 hour-structured-work-week, it is a life and a calling. Being part of the local church family is paramount.

3. What criteria do you use to measure the effectiveness of an intern serving with you?

Is she spending time with the Lord?

Is she willing to look honestly at her strengths and weaknesses and receive input?

Is she willing to step out and explore, try new things, talk to new people, speak whatever German she is learning?

The time frame only gives a taste of missionary life – but is she still willing to give it 100%?

Does she see God renewing her mind, changing her actions?

Is she willing to serve where there is need?

Specific skills an intern may expect to develop by the time the internship is completed:

It would be my hope that she desires to study God’s Word more deeply. She should be willing to step out of her comfort zone and use the German that was learned! Although cross-cultural experiences can be challenging, she would hopefully have less fear, more joy and peace. She will have invested in the locals and developed at least one friendship with an Austrian. Hopefully, she will have discovered 100 things she didn’t know about Austria, Austrians, and missionary life enough to document all she has learned. We will have a mutual friendship as we walk through this stretch of life together!

 

For more information including pricing visit: actioninternational.org/missionaries/carter

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Relation of Opportunity to National Church and/or Long-term Goals

Leanne serves Austrians in connection with her local church in Vienna by leading inductive Bible studies, she also leads a group of young moms in her church by providing breakfast and offering childcare. Leanne is also involved in children’s ministry, leadership training, hospitality and teaching.

Additional Trip Information

Region:
Western Europe
Country:
Austria
Other Location Info:
Vienna, Austria
Participant Age:
College, Adult, Senior Adults
Eligible to Go:
Families, Groups [max size 6], Individuals, Married Couples
Other Financial Notes:
Depending on the duration of the stay. Cost of travel not included.
Training debriefing
If the participant is going for less than six months, they will receive mentoring and coaching by someone on our Mobilization Team and also work through pre-field reading material and assignments. If the applicant is going longer than six months, they will participate in an in-person orientation and a separate in-person cross-cultural training course before deploying to the field. They will also have to be able to communicate in German, so German classes will be required. All participants will have a debrief interview with the person from our Mobilization Department who mentored and coached them before and during their time of service. They will also be asked to fill out a post-trip evaluation form to help them process their experience and next steps and provide our home office and field missionaries helpful feedback for sending future short-term workers.
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Mission Trip Offered By Action International Ministries

Action International Ministries (ACTION) is a global mission agency committed to sending multi-national missionaries who treasure Jesus Christ and minister His Gospel in word and deed, primarily to the poor.

Our three-prong strategy for urban ministry can be defined under three headings: evangelism, discipleship, and development.

The mission currently has 330 missionaries (and many other team members) in 35 countries. ACTION’s prayer target is for 221 additional missionaries to join them in the vital task of world missions, for the glory of God!

Our goal is to know God and take action! (Daniel 11:32)

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