Go to South Sudan, in 12 Steps

Recruit your prayer team
Ask as few as three, and as many as you can think of, to pray for you as you begin this faith journey with Empower One.

Start raising support for your trip
• Pray & make a list of everyone you know (100+).
• Pray & create your support raising web page.
• Keys for great support letter: short, simple, clear: clear $ needs, clear deadlines, clear and easy donation instructions.
• Pray & mail/email a support letter to entire list (bcc if email).
• Pray & follow up letter/email with individual emails/phone calls (goal = 5/day).
• If no response after two emails, call. Also, pray.
• Pray & keep going until your goal has been met.

5. Attend the training meetings
• Contact your trip leader for the schedule for orientation and training meetings.

Read these articles and chapters
• Africans and Missions (Required Reading)
• T4T by Steve Smith and Ying Kai (Chapter 7 & Chapter 8)

When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert (Chapter 2 & Chapter 4)
• Transforming Worldviews by Paul Hiebert (Chapter 5)
• Cross-Cultural Servanthood by Duane Elmer (Read Summary)
• South Sudan Church History

Learn about Missionary Academy
See our Missionary Academy page and contact our Missionary Academy Director to find out how to maximize your short-term mission trip experience.

Learn to share your faith with four stories
• Your story
• Story of the Spirit World
• Story of Creation
• Story of Christ
• Creation to Christ – summary & training.

Watch these videos
• What’s it like to drive in South Sudan?
• What does a typical meal look like?
• A Baptism in South Sudan