What Do I Need To Do?

STEP ONE:  Stop.  Look.  Listen

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.

STEP TWO:  Ask.  Seek.  Knock.

• 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.

STEP THREE:  Assessment.  Paper.  Passport.

• ASSESSMENTS:
  • Complete an online Pre-Experience Assessment before you leave for your experience.  You will be sent a link for this assessment by the CCE Office.
  • Complete an online Post-Experience Assessment and Experience Evaluation after you return from your experience.  You will be sent a link for these assessments by the CCE Office.
• PAPER:        
  
  • A Reflection Paper is due within 30 days from the return of your trip.  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.