Australia 2025
The Mission:
The main objective of this mission is to work alongside Green Point Christian College in showing the love of Christ to the aboriginal children and families in Brewarrina. GPCC has purchased this school in outback Australia to answer the call of educating children in the light of God's word. Students will be serving the school and community through outreach events, music, games, sports, and general assistance and encouragement during the schools days and weekend.
Students will also spend time at Green Point Christian College on the central coast of NSW encouraging, visiting, and serving their student body. Some of these children will be accompanying our students to Brewarrina.
The Travel:
You can expect a lot of travel time. The first leg of the trip is to get to the west coast of the USA. After that, there is a 15 hour flight to Sydney, Australia. You will need a passport.
During the stay in Australia, you will travel 10 hours to and 10 hours from the outback (towards the middle of the country). This travel will be by bus.
The Accommodations:
You will stay in cottage type accommodation for the first night in Wamberal, NSW, Australia. This is near Green Point Christian College. We will also stay there at the end of the trip. We will have food provided.
During the outback portion of the trip, we will stay in dormitory style accommodation (one building for boys and one for girls). All food will be provided in their industrial kitchens.
Applying for this trip:
Registration will appear as "Closed" on all EUS/GL trip-specific pages. "Closed" registration does not mean that students are unable to apply. All trips have this status because students do not directly sign up for a specific trip. All students interested in a US or Global trip must apply to the General Application linked below, where students will share their top 3 trip preferences. Learn more about the application and team selection process by viewing these videos: https://youtu.be/ZGJsD1_mGwE?si=_2fg1SjpCmE3UhAi
Click here to apply!
Financial
$3,100.00
Due 2/10/2025
| $100.00 | Non-Refundable Deposit Due 10/15/2024 | |
| $1,550.00 | 50% of Funds Due 12/10/2024 | |
| $2,170.00 | 70% of Funds Due 1/10/2025 | |
| $3,100.00 | 100% of Funds Due 2/10/2025 |
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Passport Required
- No Vaccinations Required
- Medically capable of standing for long periods of time
- Physically able to endure long-haul travel
- Physically capable of spending several hours in the sun per day
- Immigration/Emigration Form Required
Responsibilities
- strong desire to look for opportunities to share the Gospel and/or a testimony
- strong desire to minister to the less fortunate
- desire to minister to teens and grade school children
- interested in exploring and appreciating different cultures
- have a high degree of respect for different cultures
- team player and is willing to serve teammates
- is flexible when plans change
- Will respect authority of VCS and GPCC chaperones
Restrictions
- Juniors and Seniors Only
