Question 6: What happens after an individual student has applied directly to the IMB?

Answer:

• As soon as possible of receiving the student’s application, it is read and considered by a committee.
• The committee either assigns the student to a project or declines the student for missions service that year.
• Once the student is assigned, s/he is sent an approval packet which consists of:
  1. The description for the project, including the field supervisor’s name and contact information
  2. Security information if the student will serve in a sensitive region of the world. For students in nonrestricted regions, this information will be omitted from the approval packet.
  3. A prepaid envelope addressed to the IMB Student Mobilization Team

Other items necessary for the student’s preparation which are on this Web site and, therefore, no longer sent through the mail are:

• Immunization information specific to the country where the student will serve
• Travel agent information
• A Prepare to Go manual for culture and physical preparation
• God’ s Heart for the Nations Bible study by Jeff Lewis as a guide to spiritual preparation
• Handbook for Funding Student Missions
• A guide for developing a prayer support team
• A travel itinerary page to complete and return to Student Mobilization Team
• Insurance information from Adams and Associates
• Training and orientation for your international assignment is available in your state. This training is required of all student missionaries.

The student must complete ALL THE FORMS in the approval packet and on the Web site. EACH PIECE OF INFORMATION IS CRUCIAL TO A STUDENT’S PREPARATION FOR MISSION. The IMB Student Mobilization Team is not responsible for students who fail to complete all portions of the preparation process and thereby jeopardize their participation on a mission project.

• When all forms are submitted, the students will receive a travel itinerary from the travel agent and an insurance card from Adams and Associates to take to the field.
• Students are encouraged to contact their field supervisor with questions that are culturally specific.