Reaching Communities Through Teaching and the Gospel

Clare’s Story— Serving with Mission Year in Chicago

Clare heard about RightNow through the Traveling Team and contacted us in Oct. 2007 as a senior at Texas Tech studying Human Development and International Studies. She was very involved in campus ministries and leading high school small groups at her church. She has a huge passion for reaching unbelievers.

Clare stayed in contact with her mission coach throughout the school year and was very open to go overseas but also had a passion to reach out to communities here in the states.

Clare’s mission coach told her about Mission Year where you spend one year living with a team in a US inner-city setting. She decided this was God’s will for her so after graduation, she signed on to spend the next year with Mission Year in Chicago to impact the community. Mission Year has an inner-city ministry in Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, New Orleans, Camden (NJ), and Wilmington (DE).

Mission Year is committed to the command of Jesus to “love God and love people,” by placing the needs of our neighbors first and developing committed disciples of Christ with a heart for the poor.

Maren’s Story— Teaching Overseas with the English Language Institute in China

Maren has a huge heart to serve anywhere overseas but she was troubled by her student loans. She had heard about RightNow through a Perspectives World Mission class and contacted us in February 2008.

Maren’s mission coach told her about the English Language Institute in China (ELIC) and the huge need for English teachers in China, Tibet, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Mongolia.

Maren decided to trust the Lord with her concerns in finances. She decided to go with ELIC in June 2008 to serve as a teacher.

ELIC builds quality relationships with college students, professionals, and K-12 students who are the present and future leaders of China, Mongolia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.