At each MET Retreat for single missionaries we offer 30 sponsored places. This means that each missionary attending the retreat is paid for from the personal giving of local church people through Mission Encouragement Trust. The attending missionary’s responsibility is to pay a small deposit to secure their place, and their travel costs to and from the retreat location. The week of retreat is a gift to them.

Who sponsors the missionaries

Local church people, friends and churches in the UK, USA and South Africa.

Why sponsorship

Many missionaries live on a very low income that does not supply enough for them to take a break away from the mission field. Mission Encouragement Trust believes every missionary should be able to take rest from their ministry in a place where they can be spiritually encouraged, built up and enjoy rest.

 How can I take part?

If you would like to take part in this specific way of supporting missionaries please contact the MET Office:  Email OfficeMET@aol.com

As registrations come in we link individual local church sponsors with a specific attending missionary.

• BEFORE: Nearer the time of retreat you will then receive a photo and details of the missionary’s mission and service, you have specifically helped.
• DURING: During the retreat time we invite you to pray for “your” missionary. 
• AT THE END: At the close of the retreat you will receive a letter from “your” missionary reflecting on what the retreat has meant to them.

In 2008 it will cost £299 / $598 / R4604, to host a missionary for one week of retreat. You are welcome to sponsor a part of the week. The cost is £43/$86/R658 per day.

Gifts

As part of our love and care for each missionary we usually supply them with a new set of towels, toiletries, flowers, books, a journal and pen, a welcome basket in each room, as well as many other little extras like CD’s, jewelry, and an outing during the week of retreat.

Your donation would be most welcome to make all this possible. A guideline for the cost of this is: £50 / $100 / R700 per missionary.

Can I keep in touch with the missionary I sponsor?

It is not part of our requirement that sponsors keep in touch with the missionary they help. For us, your sponsorship is a one-off action which may be repeated at another retreat with a different missionary. However, if you do wish to keep in touch, and the missionary is mutually agreeable, we have no objection.

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