Every year GET Global sends high school students from around the world to Go Experience Translation. The teams are made up of 8-10 high school students ages 15-19 who are excited about getting involved in the work God is doing around the world. Teams are sent to locations where Wycliffe is in the process of Bible translation.

       IF YOU...

• are all about worshipping and loving God
• are serious about God's Word making a difference in your life
• have had at least one prior cross-cultural missions experience
• want to know what it's like to live with people from another culture
• want to know what it's like to really learn to speak another language... (NOT like sitting in Spanish class!)
• want to help get God's word to the 1/2 billion people still waiting for God to "speak their language"

      THEN...            

             GET Global is for you!

             Check out trips for 2008 below.

2008 Trips

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2008 Trip Descriptions

Guatemala :

Guatemala, the “land of trees”, is a beautiful, heavily forested and mountainous nation. The most populous country in Central America, it is a land of diversity- from the coastal lowlands to the volcanic Sierra Madre, from the highlands to the forested northern lowlands. The highlands, where most Guatemalans live, has a temperate climate compared to the tropical lowlands.
Mayan ruins dot the landscape. Today more than half of all Guatemalans are descendants of the ancient Mayan peoples; the rest of the population are known as Ladinos (mostly mixed Mayan-Spanish ancestry). Ladinos use Spanish while Mayans speak some 35 indigenous languages and many retain traditional dress and customs.
After orientation in Orlando, you will be flying to Guatemala City, where you will have a chance to learn about the Mayan culture, and you’ll tour Antigua, the colonial capital of the region. There you’ll see the influence of Christianity on the Mayan population.

Then you’ll travel through the mountains to Huehuetenango. This picturesque town has a lively market. Coffee growing, sheep raising and agriculture are some of the main activities of this area. Here you’ll meet missionaries who are actively involved in helping the established churches to grow and become sending churches.

Next will be a trip to San Miguel Acatan where you’ll be introduced to the K'anjob'al people. Many are coming to Christ and are forsaking the traditional religion. They are an industrious people who enjoy meeting outsiders and sharing with them. You’ll be able to live for several days with families in their homes - working, visiting and eating with them. Eating Guatemalan tortillas, tamales, and drinking atole, you’ll experience a new, and delicious, diet! You’ll also learn some of the K’anjob’al language with the help of the veteran translation team and in your interactions with K’anjob’al people.

As your experience draws to a close, you’ll stop for a visit to the Zaculeo ruins. This Mayan city was in use at the time of the Spanish conquest. A stop at Lake Atitlan will allow you to learn about the beginning of the vision that became Wycliffe Bible Translators, as founder “Uncle Cam” Townsend served there.

Pre-requisite: At least one previous cross-cultural experience.

South East Asia :

This Southeast Asian nation is home to perhaps the world's greatest diversity of cultures and languages. The majority religion is Islam, although Christians are in the majority in the area where the team is going.

Participants will begin with an orientation in a town in the mountains in a farming area. Here you have an introduction into the culture and the way of life. You will get to see different aspects of the translation work. You will witness Bible translation underway where several language groups are still without the Scriptures in the language that they understand best. Some time will be spent studying the language and culture and living with the people in a village.

After a two-day debriefing period at a relaxing location your group will return to the U.S. with a new understanding of what's involved in reaching the unreached in one of the most challenging parts of the world, and you may gain fresh insight into how God would have you prepare to invest your life in that challenge.

Pre-requisite: At least one previous cross-cultural experience.

Guinea Bissau :

Guinea-Bissau is a undiscovered gem of West Africa - a.small coastal West African country on the Atlantic Ocean and just to the South of Senegal. The people speak a host of local languages and Creole together with Portuguese and a little bit of French.

Although a relatively small country. Guinea-Bissau’s beaches and wildlife are exceptional while West African traditions and Portuguese colonial remains can still be seen. On the coast, there are fishing villages surrounded by forests, whereas further inland the country is dry and dusty.

The islands off the coast of Guinea-Bissau (the Bijago Archipelago) are of exceptional beauty. Turtles, sharks, manatees, and a very special and very rare form of hippopotamus that lives mostly in salt-water can all be seen here.

You will have the opportunity to live among the Balata people group. It is an exciting time to be visiting the Balanta as they are on the verge of getting the New Testament in their heart language. Publication will probably happen during the time you will be visiting the group.

By living in the homes of the people, you will learn about the daily activities and customs of the Balata, including the interesting custom where the young men paint themselves and roam the countryside for a year before settling down to family life.

In the village you will prepare for the coming New Testament by helping construct Big Book Story books and helping the children learn to read in their own language before the arrival of the New Testament. With only a little instruction, you will be able to teach a small class of children to recognize key words and start their journey of reading their own language. Participating in dramas and videoing the dramas to share with the whole village in the evenings will also be part of your many experiences while on this exciting trip.

Pre-requisite: At least one previous cross-cultural experience.

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