Internships – short-termers, there’s mixed views on the value such training brings to both the field worker/B4Ter as well as to the young person involved. In OPEN iPACT internships we seek to both train and involve those who participate. So is there...
For 5 years now we have been advocating that mission agencies need to adjust to the times or face going out of business. Solutions have been offered but received with silence. For 2 years now we’ve seen an increasing number of young people shun going overseas with a...
The following are stories sent to me from a few OPEN network member from different parts of the world. I’ll share these periodically, to encourage those who have doubts about the impact of B4T. I’ve edited them a bit for clarification, and to protect those connected...
Our recent trip to Turkey gave us lots of opportunities to interact with couples actively involved in B4T. A couple of the wives there are involved in the business, while two even own their own business apart from their husband’s job. Several others had developed a...
I just returned from 2 weeks in Eastern Europe, where a team we have been working with for 4 years just completed the transition of moving from an NGO model to a business model. Let me state upfront that an NGO model is great for blessing communities and reaching...
“BAM is hot (in South America). And now B4T! I love it!” exclaimed Jose, to a friend who just arrived for our meeting. He enthusiastically went on, “B4T can get us where missionaries are not welcome. It provides us with a job, a real job, and that gives us much more...
There are few closed doors to doing business. The opportunities are as wide as a man's ingenuity, as deep as his character, and as high as his faith in God.
