[2005 file photo]SíMO Training Is Upon Us!
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By the time you read this, our Summer Institute for Missionary Orientation (SíMO) [pronounced SEE' mo]training will be in full swing. Again this year, we are having a good group of missionaries joining us for this two week training experience.
This is our 7th year in operation! SíMO is completely a faith effort to address issues related to life and ministry on the mission field. We strive to see longevity and increased effectiveness among our holiness missions. Yes, we need more workers but we also need to keep the missionaries we already have! Our premise is that “missionaries are too valuable to lose!”
We are seeing a good measure of our mission being accomplished. Testimonials of former SíMO participants bring much encouragement to our training team. Our alumni speak well about their SíMO training, especially when they confront the realities of the field.
In addition to our missionary adults, this year we have a lot of MK’s (missionaries’ kids)...11 to be exact! Their ages range from 12 years on down to a one month old baby. Joy, Alyssa, and Caleb are preparing activities for them. Some of these activities include some age-appropriate experiences regarding mission work and crossing cultures.
This is also the second year for SíMO for Leaders. This new specialized training is designed to meet some of the needs of mission directors, mission board members, and their office staff. This program is catching on! This year we are seeing a nice increase (a 100% increase!) of leaders joining us for this training.
This year’s topics include: 1) the necessity for understanding worldviews and culture; 2) the dilemma of cross-cultural ethics; and 3) the whole issue of dependency upon US dollars and personnel to keep mission churches going.
Thank you for making our involvement in this event possible through your support for us. In our next Ministry to Missions newsletter, we will report regarding this year’s training event.
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