Our motto: "Short-term mission for a Long-term vision"

Serve Asia Teams

Serve Asia is our OMF short-term program. Teams visit Taiwan for several weeks. They help us make contacts in the local community through English teaching, drama, song, coffee shops and vacation camps.

When you join a Serve Asia team, you will:

· Meet new friends

· Learn about Taiwan

· Try out local delicacies (like pearl tea or squid-on-a-stick!)

· Find out what a missionary’s life is really like

· Discover that God can use you in ways you had never imagined!

There are two ways you can join a Serve Asia team:

1. Mobilise a team from your own church or Christian fellowship. We will then help put together a program for you and provide orientation and oversight while you are here.

2. Join one of our international teams. Each year we organise a number of teams which are open for individuals around the world. We will organise the program, train you and lead the team.

Most Serve Asia teams are run in July-August, or December (prior to Christmas).

For more information write to our Serve Asia coordinator, Irene Nicholson, at tw-sac@omf.net or contact the OMF office in your home country.

But don’t just take it from us…

To find out more about Serve Asia in Taiwan from those who really know, read the journals of the Australian and International teams that came to Taiwan in 2004, or Team Newcastle , UK, who visited in 2005.

Individual Serve Asia Workers

What if I can't join one of the Serve Asia teams? Can I still come short-term by myself?

In certain situations we can also accept individual short-term workers. If you personally know an OMF Taiwan missionary, you are welcome to plan a short-term trip under the supervision of that person.

Alternatively, if you can speak Mandarin and/or Taiwanese, then there is a good chance that we can arrange a short-term program for you and give you fruitful ministry opportunities.

Finally, if you have specific skill that one of our ministries needs, then we may well have a place for you. This might include: office skills, especially computer, media or finance skills; or training in social work or counseling that would allow you to assist our ministries to marginalized people.

Serve Asia individuals can visit for as little as a week or as long 6 months.

If you think you might fit any of these categories, then contact our Serve Asia coordinator, Irene Nicholson, at tw-sac@omf.net .