IMB Students
Thursday, May 17, 2012
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Fusion Impact is an exciting summer mission opportunity for high school students to serve with IMB missionaries in evangelism and church planting projects globally. Ministry venues vary from urban centers to rural settings.
Based on the Fusion Process, Fusion Impact takes the core values of Fusion and instills them in young people throughout their summer commitment. This means that Fusion Impact not only provides participants an awesome international ministry experience but equips and empowers young people to walk with Jesus for a lifetime. Each Fusion Impact team is led by a Fusion Advocate: someone who has extensive leadership training and international mission service experience. Additionally, Fusion Impact includes a week of intensive training and orientation immediately followed by a five-six week international deployment to pre-selected ministry sites around the world. Deployment dates for the students are June 13 to July 27. Impact Qualifications In order to attend Fusion Impact , candidates must meet the following standards and expectations:
· Application Deadline - May 18 2012 Fusion Impact ProjectsFusion Impact - Slovenia - Backpacking/caming and evangelism
Fusion Impact - Kosovo - Food distribution and conversational English
Fusion Impact - Portugal - Evangelism using sports and children's ministry to reach a neighborhood that lives in darkness
Fusion Impact - Southeast Asia – Conversational English Clubs and evangelism
Before Feb. 28, 2012:$2000 PLUS airfare*
After Feb. 28: 2012: $2500 PLUS airfare*
*These amounts do not cover visas, passports, immunizations or required travel insurance.
Fusion Impact DatesApplication Deadline: May 18, 2012 Debrief: July 27-29, 2012 Fusion Impact FAQ'sWhat is Fusion Impact?
Fusion Impact is a unique hands-on mission experience for high school students. Fusion Impact’s values and ethos are based on the core values and Maxims of the Fusion program. Fusion Impact teams serve with International Mission Board missionaries around the world, completing high impact projects rooted in church planting and evangelism. How much does it cost? The cost for Fusion Impact is $2000 plus airfare before Feb. 28, 2012 and $2500 plus airfare after Feb. 28, 2012. This cost includes orientation, on-the-field costs and debriefing. Fusion Impact costs DO NOT include costs for a passport, immunizations, or travel insurance. How are Fusion Impact assignments determined?  When a candidate completes their IMB student application and references, the application is then reviewed by IMB Student Mission staff for approval. Once a candidate’s application is approved, the candidate will be placed on a project based on their skills, interests, abilities and calling. Who provides supervision while on the field? Supervision is twofold. The first level of supervision is provided by the Fusion Advocate who serves as the team leader while deployed. The second level of supervision is provided by the IMB field missionary. The advocate reports to the field missionary and ensures that the team is on task while deployed. Do students serve alone or with a team? All Fusion Impact participants serve as part of at team, called a cohort. Fusion Impact does not send individuals overseas to serve by themselves. Is there an orientation for teams serving with Fusion Impact? Yes. Fusion Impact’s orientation is held in Kansas City, Missouri at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Orientation begins on June 8 and ends June 13 when cohorts leave Kansas City for international deployment. How are travel arrangements made?
Fusion Impact participants are required to make travel arrangements through National Travel Services (NTS), the IMB’s travel agent. To ensure team cohesiveness, individual travel arrangements are not allowed. This keeps the team traveling together and individual kids do not travel alone… NOTE: Travel arrangements begin and end at the airport of the participant’s choice (most likely the participant’s home city) and will INCLUDE travel to Kansas City for orientation. In a few cases, parents may drive their student to Midwestern Seminary in Kansas City for orientation. This is at the discretion of the individual family and needs to be coordinated through NTS (travel agent) to ensure correct plane ticket purchase. Once a person is accepted to Fusion Impact, an email is generated that walks them through the process for purchasing tickets and visas as well as other information for spiritual preparation. Does IMB require travel insurance? Yes. IMB requires all participants traveling abroad to have travel insurance. Insurance is relatively cheap (less than $3 a day) and provides coverage for both treatment and evacuation in the event of personal accident, illness, or other reasons for evacuation. Who can I contact with questions? 
Amy Doolittle
816-414-3764
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