- Enjoy being a volunteer - remember why you volunteered often and to do your best - don't compare your job and or wage with others!
- Get to know as many people as you can as fast as you can.
- Fully rely on God, let Him lead you.
- Don't you dare lose your identity. Don't just try to fit into the crowd and be popular. Be open-minded.
- Do not neglect your own needs eg social, personal and most importantly seek God and lean on Him in everything you do.
- Just GO!
- You will have bad times but never give up because those bad times that you have will help you to grow in to a better person.
- If the going gets tough, get tough and stick with God!!
- Work hard at learning the language. Travel if you can, in the holidays - it gives you a good break.
- Go with no expectations. Because your expectations and reality will never be the same. For both the good and the bad.
- Ask people where the best places are to buy food and eat what everyone else does. Don't live in the import stores, they are too expensive.
- Learn the basics of the language before you go if you can.
- Be prepared to spend a lot of money on phone cards to get family and friends prayers and support.
- Don't get offended if the people do no meet your expectations (spiritually, financially etc).
- Be filled with the Holy Spirit.
- Be prepared to move around a lot, live out of a suitcase.
- Have fun, meet people.
- Fit in with the locals and don't think yourself as higher than them.
- Use free time to learn the language.
- Try to contact someone from your destination before you leave and start asking questions. And then continue to question.
- Expect reality to be quite different to what you read in the literature and hear from others! Be flexible.
- Expect the unexpected.
- Enjoy your volunteer term and leave the worry to God.
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