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Your Travel Checklist
As you begin to plan for your mission trip, use the following checklist to make sure you are prepared for a trip of a lifetime.
TEAMMATE
- Attend ALL team meetings
- Help plan ministries with your team
- Practice your testimony or life story with your teammates
- Pray with and for your team
- Complete necessary online forms via the Pelican Account **
- Read the Policy Agreement and electronically sign the Liability Release & Acknowledgement located in the Pelican Account **
- Speak positively about your team
- Respect your team leader
- Turn in the money you raised for your trip
INDIVIDUAL
- Pray for your trip
- Write out your testimony or life story
- Practice sharing your story with a friend
- Recruit 5 or more prayer partners to pray daily for your trip
- Write and send out your support letter to family and friends
- Attend all fundraisers to raise the necessary funds
- Complete necessary online forms via the Pelican Account **
- Read the Policy Agreement and electronically sign the Liability Release & Acknowledgement located in your Pelican Account **
- Make sure you are up to date on your vaccinations
- Purchase needed supplies and clothing
- Pack appropriately by using the list in your handbook
- Secure the necessary insurance in case of emergency
FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
- Make 3 copies of your passport
- One for your group leader
- One for a family member staying at home
- One to keep with you on the trip
- Leave emergency contact info, a copy of your passport, and travel information with a family member
- Visit a travel clinic or your primary care doctor to acquire any necessary vaccinations and medications
* if not traveling with PPM, connect with your group leader to ensure you are up to date on all forms needed and required for your trip
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