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Prepare for your cross cultural experience!
Are you looking to be EQUIPPED for IMPACT?
Ready for a KICKSTART?
MIST is a weekend course where participants are stimulated to think and learn about the challenges of living and working cross-culturally, whether overseas or within Australia. MIST is designed for individuals, families or teams going short-term (1 week – 2 years).
Hear what two past participants had to say about their experience at MIST:
Topics include:
Culture stress / shock / Re-entry
Cross-cultural communication
Poverty, Justice and Development Issues
Knowing and sharing your faith
Security in another country
Keeping Fresh Spiritually & Spiritual Warfare
Language Learning
Bible Storytelling
‘Being’ in another culture
Benefits of participating:
Experience a weekend in a creative, interactive adult learning environment
Test your cross-cultural adaptation skills in cultural simulations
Build a network of like-minded people passionate about mission
Fantastic team building opportunity (for teams)!
This course is facilitated by experienced mission workers drawn from a variety of agencies and churches. It is held on a regular basis in VIC, SA, NSW, QLD, NT & sometimes in WA, with the possibility of other courses if requested.
About to do a MIST course?
Once you have booked in, you will have access to our materials.
MIST Contacts:
MIST national coordinator - Christine Bird, CBird@cms.org.au
NSW – Judy Kay, 0412 007 775, judy@missionsinterlink.org.au
QLD – Richard Buchanan, richard_buchanan@wycliffe.org.au
VIC – John Barclay, 0414 741 880, jb2kna@gmail.com
WA – Peter Warren, (08) 0417 916 323, wa@missionsinterlink.org.au
NT – Rachel Borneman, nt@missionsinterlink.org.au