Engage offers trips to...
Recruit and equip students to be Kingdom workers right now.
Provide environments where students learn from Kingdom workers.
Develop spiritual growth in students and student ministries.
Train students to engage people as they follow Jesus.
Yes. Training is the heartbeat of Engage. It is essential. Engage has developed an online training resource with videos and intentional training exercises that will help prepare you before the trip, guide you during the trip, and help you continue to process and learn after the trip. This training includes both spiritual and cultural content and will train you for not only international settings, but for being a Kingdom worker wherever you are. This resource also includes self-assessments to track your progress throughout the training (both before and after the trip) and allows you to keep an online journal so you can review and reread the things you have learned.
You will meet up with the CIY Engage trip leaders and your other teammates at the airport of your international flight departure. This location varies for each Engage trip. Before leaving the country, time will be spent getting to know your team and going through important pre-trip orientation. You are responsible for making travel arrangements to the departure airport, by either booking a domestic flight or driving (not included in the cost of the trip). Once you arrive at the departure airport, all costs are covered, other than souvenirs, extra snacks and beverages, and incidentals.
Each Engage trip is unique and is planned to best serve the local church, community, and mission partners. A general overview of each trip can be found on the Dates & Locations page of our website. Click on the trip location to read more about what that trip entails. For more specific questions, please call Engage staff at the CIY office.
CIY has been facilitating mission trips for more than 30 years, and each location is carefully researched to ensure the safety of each trip participant. Engage never takes a student team to a location without first sending CIY staff to do a survey and research trip. Information relating to food, water, housing, political stability, and health concerns are reviewed with our in-country mission partners. Engage monitors reports of political unrest and travel conditions through the U.S. State Department, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides Engage with information relating to potential diseases in the regions we visit. Travel medical insurance is provided for each participant. The coverage for this plan includes doctor or hospital visits and admittance for illnesses or injuries. The plan also includes coverage of an emergency medical evacuation if a serious situation would arise. Engage provides trained and qualified trip leaders, many of whom have decades of experience. Each trip leader is required to have a criminal and sex offender background check.
Trip leaders will be provided with the location of the nearest medical facility. It is the responsibility of the Trip Leaders to ensure that the affected individual(s) receive appropriate care, are accompanied while away from the team, and appropriate payment arrangements are made. Trip Leaders have access to medical release forms for everyone on the trip at all times.