AIM’s Missionary Care Vision:  “Sending, Maintaining, & Bringing Back Whole Missionaries (AIMers), Who Remain Faithfully Committed to Serving God Boldly Throughout Their Lives:  A Ministry of Support to Help Ensure AIMers’ Success.”

Support Services for AIMers:

(Missionary care services available to AIMers before, during, & after their mission apprenticeship)
Email Support Services for AIMers i.e., Ben at bwwalker@sibi.cc  with any prayer requests, needs, questions, or updates from your AIM mission field.

• Prayer/Spiritual Support:  Prayer support, Bible reading plans, & biblical encouragement.  Email your prayer requests.
• Moral Support:  Periodic enrichment emails for missionaries and AIMers are provided & you may correspond about various issues in confidence.
• Counseling/Psychological Support:  Pre-field, on-field, & post-field psychological evaluations & counseling services, for issues such as culture shock, reverse culture shock, conflict management, ministry burnout, depression, stress & anxiety, grief & loss, personal growth etc. (by email, phone, web cam, and/or face to face)
• Crisis/Contingency Support:  Field visits, debriefing, or help with planning following a crisis situation
• Team/Interpersonal Support:  Conflict mediation services and assistance with team building  
• Topical Missionary Care Seminars:  “Team building, surviving culture shock, stress management, conflict resolution, missionary care, & reentry” etc.
• Financial/Logistical Support:  Assistance with developing your ministry partnership plan, a budget, newsletters, savings, etc.
• Communication Support:  Assistance w/ developing a plan to better communicate w/ your sending church about serving as senders, updating them, etc.
• Reentry Support:  AIM reentry seminars are held in August & March for AIMers to share & celebrate their victories & challenges together.
• Physical/Medical Support:  Assistance with developing healthy habits of diet, exercise, & sleep, & w/ securing professional medical advice.
• Future Plans/Career Support:  Career assessment, counseling, information, & resources are available after, as well as during, their mission.
• Family/MK Support:  Information, resources, & discussion about issues related to missionary families and missionary kids (MK’s)
• Missions Resources:  Resource information, such as various missions related books, movies, websites, & organizations etc., is also available upon request.

Attachment	Size
AIM Reentry Goals.pdf	128.54 KB
AIM Reentry 2009.pdf	97.03 KB
Having a Healthy or Mature Personality Handout.pdf	91.8 KB
Missionary Care Workshop Packet.pdf	4.75 MB