WHERE MIGHT GOD SEND YOU?

Elim Missions volunteer placements are available to people from all walks of life, ethnic backgrounds and all ages. They will be given the opportunity to serve God overseas in a variety of ways, working together to see this world changed for Jesus.

Whether you embark on a short or long term placement, mission has the potential to have great impact not only in your life but also in the life of your church community and ministry.

SHORT TERM PLACEMENTS

"You didn't need to understand the language to appreciate that they are devoted to Jesus and have a strong desire to reach people with the good news. It's infectious! Honestly, I think that type of experience can transform your life and faith. It will certainly set a fire going that burns for a long while after you return."

Dan Bennett
Elim Minister who led a team to Girona

Find a Short Term Placement

Short-term volunteer placements can range from a period of one week to up to one year. They can be for individuals or groups wishing to serve with a specific missionary or global partner; and to experience international missions first hand. Short-term mission placements must be fully funded by the applicant and are subject to completion of an Application Form, satisfactory references and a Criminal Records Check.

The cost of the placement will vary depending on location and will generally include the following: Criminal Records Check, Food, Accommodation, Transport (when in the country) and on line Training. It does not include Visa, Travel Insurance, Leisure and Tourist activities and spending money.

If you are considering a short term volunteer mission placement and are wondering how you go about this, click the link below for a helpful flow chart which demonstrates the process from applying, to preparing and going overseas.

How Does It Work?
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Brazil
Living word church and school
Placement: £550
Flight (approx): £900 - £1200
Cambodia
Chamnap & Nita
Placement: £650
Flight (approx): £1400 - £1600
Estonia
EKNK Pentecostal Church
Placement: £350
Flight (approx): £200 - £250
Eswatini
Challenge Ministries Swaziland
Placement: £350
Flight (approx): £800 - £900
France
Luc & Rachel Favre
Placement: £400
Flight (approx): £150
Germany
City Church Cologne
Placement: £250
Flight (approx): £250
Guyana
Bristol Carter
Placement: £550
Flight (approx): £750 - £1800
Hungary
Roy & Lainey Hitchman
Placement: £450
Flight (approx): £150
India
 
Placement: £350
Flight (approx): £700 - £900
India
Pastors Sam & Jemi Ellis
Placement: £700
Flight (approx): £700 - £900
Indonesia
Sheryl & Novi Maatitawaer
Placement: £300
Flight (approx): £1500 - £1800
Kenya
Samuel & Mary Kingori
Placement: £230
Flight (approx): £1000 - £1300
Kenya
Terry & Judi Mott
Placement: £200
Flight (approx): £1000 - £1300
Macedonia
Ian & Katie Moore
Placement: £300
Flight (approx): £250 - £300
Myanmar
Robin Kung
Placement: £500
Flight (approx): £1300 - £1700
Nepal
 
Placement: £260
Flight (approx): £1000 - £1400
Paraguay
John and Rachel McDonough
Placement: £400
Flight (approx): £1200 - £1400
Philippines
Lynette Orange
Placement: £500
Flight (approx): £1300 - £1500
Philippines
Georgina Batucan
Placement: £600
Flight (approx): £1300 - £1500
Romania
Liz Face
Placement: £250
Flight (approx): £150 - £200
Spain
Howard & Sue Coley
Placement: £300
Flight (approx): £250
Sweden
Phill & Anneke Taylor
Placement: £250
Flight (approx): £300 - £400
Uganda
Emmanuel Rucyaba
Placement: £600
Flight (approx): £1300 - £1500
Uganda
Moses & Bex Okotel
Placement: £600
Flight (approx): £1300 - £1500

Brazil

LOCATION: Maues, Amazon

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Pastor Tinho – Living Word School & Church

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Experience the Amazon by taking the boat to Maues
  • Assist in the Living Word School
  • Visit the families of the school children
  • Share in Sunday services, youth groups, cell groups
  • Street and river evangelism
  • Building work

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £550 | Flight: £900 - £1200

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Hungary

LOCATION: Arany János Utca

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Roy & Lainey Hitchman

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

Roy & Lainey are renovating the Parászt Ház, a retreat and ministry centre, which will be used for debriefing, rest, recuperation and counselling primarily for, Missionaries based worldwide, Pastors and their spouses and couples in a marriage crisis. They are needing building tradesmen that are either:

  • Builders
  • Plasterers
  • Plumbers
  • Electricians

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £450 | Flight: £150

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India

LOCATION: West Bengal

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: This information will be given during application process

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Team village evangelism including preaching, drama, dance, music.
  • Children’s work in two homes, working with children aged 3 to 17.
  • Teaching English, music, arts, crafts or sports.
  • Teaching children in rural schools & children’s ministry in villages.
  • Practical help with painting, building and plumbing.
  • Nurses/doctors can assist in health clinics.

Short term placements (up to 2 weeks) can take place in February and October. Longer term placements (up to 4 months) between October and March.

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £350 | Flight: £700 - £900

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India

LOCATION: Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Pastors Sam & Jemi Ellis

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Church planting
  • ‘Relentless’ students ministry
  • Outreach to villages
  • Teaching in small groups, Discipleship courses
  • Worship ministry & children’s ministry
  • Teaching English & music
  • Volunteering in the church cafe
  • Opportunities to travel to the south of India to meet churches rural areas

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £700 (inc. accommodation, food & local travel) | Flight: £700 - £900 (depending on the season & airline of choice)

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Cambodia

LOCATION: Phnom Penh

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Chamnap & Nita – Elim Cambodia

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Use your craft skills in the Be Free Centre (female applicants only). Train the women in new skills
  • Assist in the Early Learning Centre. Provide childcare training.
  • Work in the rural church plants, assisting in children’s clubs, dance, drama, story telling
  • Teach English
  • Take daily devotions at the Be Free centre

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £650 | Flight: £1400 - £1600

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China

LOCATION: City of Durres

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Jeton Bajram

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

This placement is ideal for church teams of a maximum of 8 people. You will be working in the local church with various opportunities including:

  • children’s and youth ministry
  • pastoral visits to homes & hospital
  • taking part in small groups, seniors ministry and feeding programs.
  • opportunities for evangelism and connecting with nearby ministries.

APPROXIMATE COST (based on one week)
Placement: £250 | Flight: £200 - £300

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Estonia

LOCATION: Tallinn

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Alan and Alice Osborn - EKNK Pentecostal Church

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Evangelism
  • Serving in the churches
  • Practical work in and around the church
  • Visiting the Rehab Centre

APPROXIMATE COST (based on one week)
Placement: £350.00 | Flight £200.00 - £250.00

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Lithuania

LOCATION: City of Vilnius

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Pawel & Monika Kuzniar

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Evangelism and training the local people in evangelistic skills
  • Opportunities for musicians to lead worship and train others in worship leading
  • Training in leadership and disciple making
  • Opportunities to minister to the homeless and offer humanitarian aid by feeding the poor

Some knowledge of Russian would be a bonus, though not a requirement

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £400 | Flight £150

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Sierra Leone

LOCATION: Freetown

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Pawel & Monika Kuzniar

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Opportunities for preaching and teaching in the church and home groups
  • Bible teaching and outreach missions to the villages. Teaching and making disciples
  • Opportunities to train children workers
  • Support orphans and broken families
  • Opportunity to use building and construction skills
  • Farming and gardening skills, to help establish agricultural projects in the villages (including cassava, coffee and cocoa plantations)

Long term volunteers will be considered, as well as short termers.

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £600 | Flight £700-800

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France

LOCATION: Ambilly (Eastern France)

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Luc & Rachel Favre – Elim France

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Youth outreach
  • Cross-cultural training
  • Outreach events
  • Leafleting
  • Concerts
  • Prayer Walking
  • Leaflet distribution

NB: Knowledge of French helpful

APPROXIMATE COST (based on one week)
Placement: £400 | Flight: £150.00

Internship also available - £300.00 per month + food and accommodation

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Germany

LOCATION: Cologne

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Dominique & Sarah John – Koln City Church

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Take part in outreach activities
  • Prayer Walking
  • Organise events in the summer months
  • Engage in the life of a large metropolitan church

APPROXIMATE COST (based on one week)
Placement: £400 | Flight: £200 - £300

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Guyana

LOCATION: Georgetown

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Bristol Carter – Elim Pentecostal Church of Guyana

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Work in the Bible School and assist with curriculum development
  • Local Church evangelism
  • Training Youth Pastors
  • Assist in the Television ministry
  • Training and Equipping of pastors

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £550 | Flight: £750 - £1800

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Germany

LOCATION: Cologne

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: City Church Cologne

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Taking part in weekend Services, midweek church activities, assisting in the campuses and teams around the city
  • Suitable for teams of 2-10 people, Some ministry experience required
  • deal placement time is 1 week or over a long weekend (Friday to Tuesday)
  • Ideally teams would be in the Spring and Autumn seasons

APPROXIMATE COST (based on one week)
Placement: £250 | Flight: £250

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Indonesia

LOCATION: Malang, East Jawa

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Sheryl & Novi Maatitawaer – Kings Kids

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Assist at the children’s home
  • Help with prayer groups
  • Sports training
  • Run English courses
  • Community outreach
  • Church ministry
  • Schools ministry
  • Train in microfinance

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £300 | Flight: £1500 - £1800

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Kenya

LOCATION: Nyeri

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Elim Gospel Church – Samuel & Mary Kingori

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Train church pastors and leaders
  • Speak at conferences
  • Teach in schools in the Nyeri region
  • Children’s ministry, including visits to orphanages
  • Visit mission churches of Northern Kenya
  • Church organised evangelism and feeding programme

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £230 | Flight: £1000 - £1300

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Kenya

LOCATION: Kosele

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Terry & Judi Mott (Hope & Kindness)

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Teach in primary or secondary schools (requires relevant qualifications)
  • Help in local schools teaching sport, reading, board games
  • Assist in the school Christian Union with Bible teaching and testimonies
  • Work with the teenagers in the Children’s Home
  • Assist children in conversational English
  • Church based youth and children’s work

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £200 | Flight: £1000 - £1300

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Macedonia

LOCATION: Skope & Stip

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Ian & Katie Moore

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Assisting the Elim churches in Stip and Skope with evangelism and outreach
  • Ministry in new cities and church plants
  • Open air evangelism, singing, drama, sports, tract distribution
  • Children’s games (Good News Club) in the park during the summer months
  • During Autumn, evangelism with college students
  • Practical work – painting, construction building and DIY
  • Take Ladies meetings
  • Food and clothing distribution to needy families
  • Ministry to the Roma Community and to Roma Bible study group or house groups

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £300 | Flight: £250 - £300

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Malaysia

LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Moses & Ann Tan – Cross Power Tabernacle Church

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Assist in the church
  • Take Women’s Bible studies
  • Serve in the children’s ministry
  • Outreach events

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £500 | Flight: £1000 - £1400

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Myanmar

LOCATION: Yangon

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Robin Kung – Bawathit Elim Church

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Work as an English teacher or a Children’s teacher
  • Assist in the children’s home
  • Teach in the Bible School

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £500 | Flight: £1300 - £1700

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Nepal

LOCATION: Kathmandu

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: This information will be given during application process’ (United Vision Nepal)

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Assist in church planting in to remote villages
  • Assist in building projects in the villages (schools)
  • Provide wells to local communities
  • Prayer Ministry
  • Technical & IT support

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £260 | Flight: £1000 - £1400

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Paraguay

LOCATION: Cuidad del Este and rural locations

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: John and Rachel McDonough

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Cross-cultural outreach – sharing the gospel through Bible storytelling
  • Working in rural communities providing with children, youth and adults
  • Opportunities for doctors, nurses and midwives to run rural clinics
  • Providing humanitarian aid

NB Individual placements or teams of three only

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £400 | Flight: £1200 - £1400

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Philippines

LOCATION: Manila & Coron

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Lynette Orange – City Gates Academy

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Assist at the Living Epistle Christian Family Church (LECFC) and its church plant, City Gates Church
  • Health volunteers can work in the hospital ministry of LECFC and in local hospitals
  • Assist in feeding programmes
  • Youth work
  • Summer school evangelism
  • Community work
  • Teachers can volunteer in the City Gates Academy

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £500 | Flight: £1300 - £1500

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Philippines

LOCATION: Cebu

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Georgina Batucan - Global Ekklesia Ministries International

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Assist in the rural churches
  • Help with the children’s feeding programme
  • Youth work
  • Construction work
  • Assist in the setting up of micro-finance
  • Discipleship and evangelism

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £600 | Flight: £1300 - £1500

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Romania

LOCATION: Sardu

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Liz Face – Corabia Foundation

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Assist in the children’s ministry
  • Assist in the teens club
  • Outreach in to the Roma communities
  • Construction work
  • Help in the summer camps
  • Assist in the Education Centre to support families
  • Assist in the church

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £250 | Flight: £150 - £200

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LOCATION: Romania

DATES:19th-26th August 2023

APPLICATIONS DEADLINE:22nd December 2022

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Lead by Elim Missions Staff and Elim Missionary Liz Face

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Assist in the children’s ministry
  • Assist in the teens club
  • Outreach in to the Roma communities
  • Construction work
  • Help in the summer camps
  • Assist in the Education Centre to support families
  • Assist in the church

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £240 | Flights: £150-£300

FIND OUT MORE:Missionary Apprenticeship Programme

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Spain

LOCATION: Benalmadena

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Howard & Sue Coley – Elim Spain

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Participate in the Sunday services and mid week meetings
  • Prayer Walking
  • Distribute flyers on the beach
  • Radio interviews and testimonies
  • Provide activities for children

NB: Please attempt to learn some basic Spanish

APPROXIMATE COST (based on one week)
Placement: £300 | Flight: £250

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Eswatini

LOCATION: Mbabane & Bulembu

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Challenge Ministries Swaziland

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Assist in the children’s home
  • Health workers can assist in rural medical clinics
  • Work in the Elustweni project for female victims of abuse
  • Assist in the Teen Challenge male discipleship centre
  • Provide training at the life skills centre
  • Assist in the ministry of the Potter’s Wheel Church

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £350 | Flight: £800 - £900

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Sweden

LOCATION: Vilhelmina

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Phill & Anneke Taylor

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Participate in church services
  • Teach dance/drama
  • Work in local schools, including English classes
  • Visited retirement homes
  • Practical work including building and farming
  • Prayer walking

APPROXIMATE COST (based on one week)
Placement: £250 | Flight: £300 - £400

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Uganda

LOCATION: Kampala & Rukungiri

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Sian Davies (Biojemms)

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Assist in all aspect of a children’s home in Rukungiri
  • Assist in a transition house for teenagers in Kampala
  • Help set up work placements for teenagers
  • Construction work
  • Assist in the poultry business and other microfinance projects

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £350 | Flight: £550 - £750

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Uganda

LOCATION: Kampala

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Emmanuel Rucyaba - Life Ministries

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Train up church leaders
  • Work in Christian schools – Currently there is a real need for secondary school teachers.
  • Assist in agricultural programmes
  • Assist in Christian health centres
  • Work with orphan and street children
  • Assist in the discipleship of former child soldiers

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £600 | Flight: £1300 - £1500

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Uganda

LOCATION: Mbale

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Moses & Bex Okotel – Child of Hope

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Work in the school through teaching sport, arts, music
  • Assist in health care
  • Assist in financial administration
  • Offer IT support
  • Participate in the Lighthouse church with youth service, midweek groups and Sunday School
  • Offer prayer support and counselling sessions

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £600 | Flight: £1300 - £1500

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Ukraine

LOCATION: Zhytomir

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Viktor & Alla Karplyuk – Ukraine Church of God’s Transfiguration

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Work in the local church preaching, teaching and worship leading
  • Street evangelism including dance and drama
  • Assist in the School for the Deaf
  • Work with people with disabilities
  • Visit orphanages
  • Teach conversational English

NB: More suited to small teams than individuals

APPROXIMATE COST (based on one week)
Placement: £300 | Flight: £250-300

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Zambia

LOCATION: Ndola

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Ziso & Nicki Moyo

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Building work - trades such as electrician/plumber/carpenter/landscaper
  • Children’s ministry in local community
  • Schools work
  • Outreach activities
  • Evangelism

APPROXIMATE COST (based on two weeks)
Placement: £500 | Flight: £650 - £850

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Malawi

LOCATION: Various

MISSIONARY/PARTNER: Jackie Griffiths

WHAT’S INVOLVED?

  • Help in the 8 Children’s homes overseen by Elim Malawi
  • Assist in maintenance work in the schools and children’s homes
  • Teachers, teaching assistants are required to help in the Elim Malawi schools
  • Train youth and children’s workers
  • Serve in the women’s ministry
  • Teach/train pastors

APPROXIMATE COST (based on one week)
Placement: £350 | Flight: £700-800

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LONG TERM PLACEMENTS

Do you feel God may be calling you to long-term mission?

You may have already served overseas and are trying to work out the next steps. Maybe you feel God is focussing you on a specific nation or people, or you just feel that he wants you to be obedient to his call to go overseas. We would love to help you explore your calling and we offer training and support to those wanting to become Elim Missionaries.

The first step towards long-term mission is our Missionary Academy - a part-time distance learning programme, including residentials and overseas opportunities, designed to fully prepare and equip you. (Note: The Missionary Academy is currently only available for UK Residents. If you would like further information please contact missions@elim.org.uk)

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"The Academy provided me with great training and more than that, love and care from leaders and people who were willing to give input and wisdom into my journey. I am very thankful for the academy and what God has dome in me during this time. I would encourage you to do this course if you are considering overseas mission but also if you would like to learn more about God's mission and how each of us as Christians have a responsibility to answer this call in our world."

Sophie Moore
Elim Missionary in Cambodia

Long Term Opportunities

Elim Missions is looking to train and release missionaries for cross-cultural mission who equip believers to engage frontier people groups, who are unreached and unengaged, with the good news of the Gospel. If you are from an Elim Church and are looking to work with another missions organisation, then please still get in touch as we would love to support you in your calling.

42% of the world is unreached with the Gospel, so if God is calling you to a specific nation, please contact us as we would love to explore this with you. If you are seeking God for a location, then why not consider one of these opportunities:

Africa
Greece
Asia
Eswatini
The Americas
Peru
Europe
Argentina
Europe
Kosovo
Europe
Poland
Europe
Switzerland
Europe
Austria
Europe
Macedonia