IWC Stories

Dear Family and Friends:

I am very excited to share with you about our wonderful week of World Changers yet I am also struggling with how to do so in a clear, concise way because we saw God do SO many things! We are giving Him so much praise today because He truly answered all of the prayers that were lifted up for this week.

We certainly give thanks to ALL the wonderful team members who worked SO hard to make this week happen. Four of the teams went into primary schools where they did recreation with the children and also did some things in the classroom. It really depended on what the teachers wanted or needed each day. We think this is VERY important because the children get acquainted with teenagers who have an active faith and a daily walk with God.  Such great role models!! 

In addition to working with children, several teams joined together to paint two buildings of Society Primary School - inside and out, plus the principal’s office! A giant task but they completed it! 

That will be such a great testimony to the community for a LONG time! Two teams did walking evangelism and on Wednesday night led youth services in two local Baptist churches.

Everywhere this group was found - on the streets, in the schools or at the College - they were wonderful testimonies to who Jesus Christ is in their lives! They worked HARD all week and gave their absolute best!

At our final worship service together we got to praise God that the gospel was shared in Barbados 515 times, 150 individuals prayed to receive Christ and a mission offering was taken of $1,083.60!! All praise and glory to God for everything He did through His people!!

Blessings, Cindy

IWC is all over the world the first week in July …

Pray for participants and staff as they travel and that they will be able to ‘hit the ground running’ when they arrive.

Here are the projects taking place this week …

Pray for both physical and spiritual protection.

Please pray that the IWC participants and staff who are returning from their projects will be bold in proclaiming what the Lord showed them. Pray that they will be able to have opportunities to share their experiences with those around them and in their churches.

Please pray for the 2009 Summer projects that are happening currently. They are …

Pray for the participants and the staff “… so that they may be ready to do the work of the Lord.”

IWC Releases Initial Project Schedule for 2010

Student groups and individuals are already making plans for next year! Here’s a list of IWC projects currently set for 2010. Prices and most current info on projects will be listed at GoIWC.org after June 15. Feel free to email us at IWC@imb.org with your questions.

March 6-13       Sao Paulo, Brazil 

March 13-20      Sao Paulo, Brazil

March 13-20      Athens, Greece

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June 7-18           East Asia

June 8-19           Johannesburg, South Africa

June 12-19         Athens, Greece

June 12-19         +Braila, Romania

June 12-19         Thessaloniki, Greece

June 12-24         Dakar, Senegal

June 18-28         Pac Rim

June 18-25         Canta, Peru

June 19-26         *St Vincent

June 27-July 6    Caballococha, Peru

July 1-9              Huancayo, Peru (medical project)

July 3-10             Naples, Italy

July 3-10             Quito, Ecuador

July 3-10             Trinidad, Uruguay

July 5-17             Tokyo, Japan

July 9-16             +Cluj, Romania

July 10-17           *Kiev, Ukraine

July 10-17           *Barbados

July 10-17           +Skopje, Macedonia

July 10-17           Pristina, Kosovo

July 16-23           +Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

July 17-24            Barbados

July 17-24           +Cluj, Romania

July 17-28            Bamako, Mali

July 17-30            East Asia (w/Oklahoma Baptists)

July 22-Aug 1       Ufa, Russia

July 24-31            Barbados

July 26-Aug 8       Canta, Peru (w/Northwest Baptists)

    + Indicates an M-Fuge partner project (Roma)

    * Indicates a PowerPlant partner project

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REGISTRATION FOR 2010 …

• IWC projects are for high school and college groups and individuals. Participants must be Christians who are actively involved in their local church/campus ministry. Youth must have completed the ninth grade or be at least 15 years old. IWC requires a 1 to 5 ratio of adult sponsors per students of the same sex. High school individuals (traveling w/o a group) can register for selected projects.
• Registration for all projects begins September 1, 2009. Register online at GoIWC.org. A non-refundable deposit of $100 per person is required to hold each person’s spot.
• IWC arranges and bills for airfare through a contracted travel agent.

This summer, IWC will be hosting projects on two islands in the Caribbean: Barbados and St Vincent. Too often a mention of the area makes people think of romantic cruises, getaway vacations and beach-side bliss. There is no doubt that some of the most beautiful vistas are to be had here, but there is much else to see that often goes unnoticed by visitors.

Rick and Cindy Jenkins are IMB missionaries and now also serving as student strategy facilitators who reside on Barbados. About two hundred miles away are John and Barbara Randolph, serving as missionaries on St Vincent. In one of his latest prayer letters, Rick passed along a wonderful slide show of St Vincent, as photographed by Daniel Stancil who will coordinate the IWC project in St Vincent. As Rick said, take a couple of minutes and go on a virtual prayer walk for the people of the Caribbean:

http://danielstancil.com/Slideshows/stvincent/

Student Mobilization at IMB is partnering with the folks at YouthWorker Journal (Salem Publishing) to offer you a free online edition of the 2009 March/April edition. Check it out at:
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/salem/youthworker_20090304_imb/

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