CAMPO (Centro de Adiestramiento Misionero en Pokomchilandia) helps participants acquire adaptation and language learning skills necessary to effectively carry out their work or ministry call in a cross-cultural environment. While CAMPO has a distinctly Latin America flavor, the skills learned can be applied universally. Classroom time is interspersed with engaging local people and completing assignments in the local market. Participants live with local families in town as well as spending time living in a village setting. Each member of our staff is bicultural and bilingual.
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Dates
October 26 – November 20, 2020
June 7-July 2, 2021
Cost
$1750 per student (single)
$2900 per couple (add $500 per child accompanying you)
Pricing includes all your ground transportation, food, lodging and course materials. (Airfare additional). Fund-raising tools and training provided by trained coaches.
“CAMPO was a life-changing and equipping time for our family of 6. We were able to have classroom learning in the morning and spend the afternoon practicing and experiencing what we learned. Our children truly enjoyed their daily adventures while we were in class. Our facilitators were knowledgeable and gave generously from their wealth of experiences and wisdom. We cannot recommend CAMPO highly enough to anyone considering cross-cultural missions.”
-Peter and Melissa Murrell, missionaries to Central America
“CAMPO is a great preparation for living in Latin America. It has been a very valuable experience to have before moving to Ecuador. CAMPO is real-world training.”
-Jonathon and Monica Gaige, missionaries to Ecuador
“CAMPO is an experience. It is not a class. Although there is “coursework” time, it is more about getting involved in your environment and not just learning about it. The point of the coursework time is to help you understand that there are many ways to do things, view time, cook, clean, do work, build relationships and many other culture-based activities. Having a worldview like Jesus is important because we need to understand how to communicate to our audience in an effective manner and be able to adapt it regularly.”
Tom and Ruthie Watkins: missionaries to Nicaragua
“Because I had already lived in Guatemala, I didn’t think I needed CAMPO, but my prayer as I went was, “Lord I believe you have good plans for me and I trust you with this time.” The Lord had such good plans! Through the CAMPO program, I was able to understand how specific crosscultural factors were affecting my everyday life, and I acquired language learning methods which accelerated my language skills.”
-Teresa Harwood, missionary to Guatemala