In 2019, David & Angela Bell will take a group of 18-25 year old Presbyterian Youth on a short-term mission trip to Japan, visiting:

Osaka— Osaka Christ Church (Presbyterian) - Missionaries: Nathan & Tomoko Stewart

and

Tokyo— Grace Harbor Presbyterian Church + visit CCSI school at Honda - Missionaries: Adam & Helane Ramsay and Tom & Karen Mirabella

The plan will be to travel as a group from Australia to Japan and split up at the end of the journey with the potential for some to not return to Australia.

Total cost will be around $3,000 including return airfares

Why?

1. To provide young Australian Christian adults with an opportunity to see something of what missionary service in Japan looks like;
2. To understand what it would be like for a Japanese person to travel to Australia to live;
3. To experience another culture in order to gain some insight into reaching out to people from another culture who live in Australia;
4. To begin to acquire some skills in cross-cross-cultural ministry.
5. To build partnerships with APWM missionaries so that the missionaries and participants in the programme might encourage one another in their service for Christ.

Key Dates:

Pre-Trip Evening - Tuesday 2 April @ Christ College

Deposit - Monday 9 April $500 deposit to be paid to secure a place on the trip 

Training Day - Saturday 31 August @ Christ College

Social Event - Saturday 19 October @ Christ College

Trip

Friday 29 November: travel to Japan

Sunday 1 December: Osaka Christ Church (Presbyterian)

Sunday 8 December: Grace Harbor Presbyterian Church

Monday 9 December: return to Australia / conclude PY trip