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What Is An Internship With Servants Like?

Posted On May 21, 2013

In early 2013, Colin Conroy spent a month interning with the Servants team in Cambodia.  Colin is actually a member of the Servants team in… Read More →


9 Reasons For Relocating To Live In An Urban Poor Community

Posted On April 4, 2013

Why live amongst the poor?  Why not do mission in a more comfortable and less costly way?  Hans Van-DL, shares nine biblical reasons why he… Read More →


Dream with us for Jakarta…

Posted On September 2, 2011

If you are looking for a role in a pioneering team in the most populous Muslim nation on earth, read on.  The existing Servants Jakarta… Read More →


The Big White Intruder Giant

Posted On May 26, 2011

Two years ago I went to stay for two months in the slums of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I moved in with a family of eight,… Read More →


My Experience of Entering a Slum as a Learner (or a freshly hatched duckling)

Posted On October 15, 2009

The greatest source of both my anticipation and trepidation as I prepared to spend six months with Servants in Phnom Penh was an article (Bonding:… Read More →


Anna, Patron Saint of Slum Children

Posted On September 14, 2009

I’ll be honest. When I applied to do the internship with Servants in Cambodia I was secretly nurturing an idea of myself as ‘Anna, patron… Read More →


Desperately Needed: More Outsiders – A Biblical Mandate for Cross-Cultural Missions

Posted On June 19, 2009

John Perkins suggests that three types of people are needed to see real transformation of an urban neighborhood.  First, the “relocators” are those people who… Read More →


How to Move into a Slum

Posted On January 14, 2009

According to the UN, 1 out of every 6 people on earth today lives in a slum.  Yet those who intentionally relocate to these communities… Read More →


First North American Orientation Course Finishes

Posted On September 29, 2007

A new group of future Servants workers finished two weeks of missionary training in Vancouver, Canada yesterday. They were part of the first ever Orientation… Read More →


Top 3 Characteristics Needed for New Servants Team Members in Jakarta

Posted On May 11, 2007

I recently read the self-written epitaph of Karen Watson. Karen was a missionary in Iraq who was killed by unknown assailants on March 15, 2004…. Read More →


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  • About
    • Our History & Vision
    • 5 Guiding Principles
    • 5 Sustaining Values
    • What We Do
    • What We Believe
    • Our Structure
  • Locations
    • Cambodia
    • India
    • Indonesia
    • Philippines
    • Past Teams
    • Linking Teams
  • Get Involved
    • Join A Team
    • Internships
    • Financial Partners
    • Prayer Partners
    • Upcoming Events
    • Like-Minded Groups
  • Resources
    • Latest Writings
    • Books
    • Videos
    • Poetry
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