You're Going Where?

It is amazing to know that at this very moment there are AIM students scattered around the world on 13 mission fields in 9 different countries! There is never a time when AIM students are not actively living and sharing their faith because while it may be late at night on one field, it is the middle of the day on another. This world is huge and the task of reaching the lost with the gospel is enormous. No wonder missionaries continue to cry out for help. As we receive numerous requests for AIM students from around the world, it can be overwhelming to know which fields to send teams to.

When missionaries make a request for an AIM team they go through an application process which helps us determine which fields are best suited to our focus in training missionary apprentice workers. The number of missionaries invited to make presentations to the AIM students is determined by several factors including the size of the class. This year there were 15 presentations made. Once all the presentations had been made, the students were asked to turn in a list of their top 5 field choices along with the top 5 classmates they would like to work with (for more on this event, see the article on page 2). They also listed any fields or teammates they feel they would have difficulty working with.

This information is then used by a committee who form the teams. The whole process gets very complicated as many things are taken into consideration when forming teams such as preferences, personalities, cultures, languages as well as missionary requests and their leadership styles. After much prayer and many meetings the long-awaited moment arrives when the teams are announced to the students. As of press time for this newsletter, the fields and teams have not been finalized; however, they most likely will have been announced by the time you read this.

Finally, after four months of wondering where they are going the students will soon begin to focus on a new aspect of their Adventure In Missions