ABBA MISSION SCHOOL ONLINE

INTRODUCTION TO SHORT TERM MISSIONS/CHRISTIAN SELF-IMPROVEMENT COURSE

Course 101

Special Features: Beautiful pictures, streaming video presentations (soon), and dramatic mission scenes from real mission activities will highlight the presentation. The course will be offered with A FINAL EXAM , and the site may be revisitable with password and pin confirmation, until final exam is successfully passed. Course is NOW FREE but for a course fee/donation of $35 WHEN registering for USERNAME and PASSWORD, an E-mail confirmation of completion will be sent with attached diploma for self-printing --or a signed certificate of completion may be ordered (for an additional $5 shipping/handling). With the $35 donation, the instructor will also e-mail you a helpful PERSONAL ASSESSMENT based on the ANSWERS from your final exam--to be used for your Christian self-improvement and growth (by e-mail or by regular mail, if requested that way). This PERSONAL ASSESSMENT evaluation is worth over $75 in some organizations, and is only being offered FREE, with the course, for a limited time.

Machu Pichu: Ancient Inca Indian Religious Site, Lost for Centuries.

Instructor: Carl E. Schell has worked as a youth pastor (2 years) and founded an inner city youth outreach and family feeding program (10 years) in the States, has worked in directing/leading missions in Peru since 1992, and recently was based in Costa Rica. He is the founder/director of the Amazon Basin Benevolent Association, INC. of New Smyrna Beach , Florida since 1994 (also known as ABBA Latin Missions) and has led over 35 mission TEAM trips to Peru . He started out as a long-term missionary, but soon found his niche in supervising mission activities in person and by directing native staff by internet and by leading short-term mission teams. Leading teams of varied sizes, he successfully mixed nationals and visiting international volunteers in medical/dental/outreach campaigns (certain native indian villages were first time visits by Americans. He has traveled six times to Europe to many countries, speaks fluent Spanish, and is learning German and some French. Degrees include a B.A. in Theology, three course certifications in personality profiling and counseling, some master's level studies in Theology, Red Cross Disaster Assessment/Logistics/Family Emergency Services courses and past participation as an officer/member in numerous state/local ministerial committees and in various evangelistic crusade committees and related counseling activities.

Carl E. Schell, Founder/Missionary Director/Course Instructor

• Session 1: Welcome and Introduction. Panorama of Adventure. Types of Mission Trips Teams and Purposes.
• Session 2: Self-assessing your gifts and talents/identifying and choosing the right mission type and team experience for you.
• Session 3: True approach to Charity Help and Giving.
• Session 4: Health & Medical Precautions.
• Session 5: Travel safety tips.
• Session 6: Ways to Sponsor your Trip.
• Session 7: Post trip "Re-entry--Counter Culture Shock". Cultural considerations and taboos.
• Session 8: Sample packing list.
• Session 9: Spiritual Preparation.
• Session 10: Spiritual Attitude Assessment.
• Session 11: Team Preparation & selection of Team Leader/Translators/Language Preparation & Key Phrases (Spanish).
• Final exam: Necessary for certificate of completion & EVALUATION.

LIVE COURSES WITH INSTRUCTOR FOR SELF-IMPROVEMENT, TRAVEL PREPARATION FOR PERSONAL OR TEAM TRIPS, AND THIS SAME COURSE AVAILABLE FOR GROUPS--SEE "LIVE SEMINARS" LINK AT LEFT AND THE "ITINERARY" LINK IN THE "NEWSLETTERS" LINK AT WWW.ABBAPERU.ORG - ALL MATERIAL IS COPYRIGHTED & MAY NOT BE DUPLICATED FOR PUBLIC USE WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION BY AUTHOR!

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