What Do I Need To Do?

Wadi Rum Desert, Jordan (submitted by Sarah Finehout)

STOP:
- Read the Cross-Cultural Experience Policy, taking note that the options available must be approved, and a minimum of six continuous nights in context is required.
LOOK:
- Gather information from such sources as your home church, mission agencies, professors/advisors, or the Cross-Cultural Experience Office. Most mission agencies have websites. Help locating or connecting with these groups is available in the Cross-Cultural Experience Office.
LISTEN:
- Tune in to others who have gone or are going on trips, to chapel speakers, to missionary guests.

ASK:
- Speak with your parents, professors/advisors, and/or the Director of Cross-Cultural Experience about your preference.
SEEK:
- Find out if there is a position open and what their application procedure involves.
KNOCK:
- Fill out the appropriate application and submit it to the leadership of the group.
- Fill out the Cross-Cultural Experience Form and submit it to the Cross-Cultural Experience Office for approval.
- Apply for a passport at a local post office or online at www.state.gov. (Passports must not expire within six months of your departure.)
- Contact the Student Health Service at least three months prior to departure to check on medical requirements.
- For Asbury-sponsored trips:
  - Fill out the necessary forms.
  - Apply for an International Student Identity Card (ISIC) by completing the ISIC Information Form and submitting a photo and receipt of payment.

PAPER:
- A Reflection Paper is due within 30 days of the end of the tirp, unless receiving course credit from a professor. The paper must be four pages in length, double-spaced, 12 pt font.
PASSPORT:
- Passport verification is required in the Cross-Cultural Experience Office unless the professor/group leader submits a list of participants.

Cross-Cultural Experience