Belgium summer intern Zoe Sawdon

Mentorship and Mission: Insights From Summer Interns (VIDEO)

By Tom Mills, Sep 26, 2023

This summer in the heart of Brussels, Belgium, a group of passionate young college students stepped off a plane and into a rich faith journey as part of an MTW mentored summer internship. Interns from different backgrounds and with varying levels of interest in missions grew as God worked in each of them individually and collectively to teach them about Himself and His heart for the nations.

The two-month summer internship included Bible study, cross-cultural learning, urban outreach, church ministry, and mentoring, and combined them with social activities, meaningful relationships, and a vision for global missions. Mentorship is another big part of the internship as interns meet one-on-one with missionaries. The interns are able to share personal challenges, receive spiritual guidance and encouragement from missionaries, and learn more about what a life of cross-cultural missions looks like.

Watch and listen to the interns share firsthand what their experience was like and how God worked to deepen their roots and give them a greater vision for cross-cultural missions.

Tom Mills is a content creator for Mission to the World. He is a graduate of Wheaton College. Tom loves meeting and interviewing believers all over the world, capturing stories of God's global church.

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Pray for MTW interns preparing to go to the field this summer, and for God to prepare the hearts of people who will be impacted by their service.

Pray for the ministry in Brussels, Belgium, and for quality relationships to be formed that would lead to Christ-focused conversations.

Pray for the ministry in Brussels, Belgium, as we reach out to internationals from many different cultures in this diverse city.

Pray that God would draw college students to serve on internships this summer.

Pray for college students as they start to think about how they will spend next summer and that they would consider a global missions internship.

Pray for those who God is calling to missions, that God would clarify their call, and equip them to serve Him.

Pray for a small church in Athens, Greece that is reaching out to refugees with the love of Christ. Pray for the refugees there to hear the truth of the gospel.

Pray for an Italian couple returning to their home country to church plant.

Pray for ongoing work among refugees in Greece.

Pray for MTW Ukraine's publishing ministry, translating and publishing Reformed materials in Ukrainian to equip pastors and laypeople in the Church.

Mentorship and Mission: Insights From Summer Interns (VIDEO)

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Door-to-Door: Ministry in the Brussels Entryway

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