Description
You will hike the Camino with your teammates. You will find yourself surrounded by pilgrims from Spain and the rest of the world and there will be lots of opportunities for you to make friends from all walks of life and share the gospel with them, both while you are walking and in the pilgrim hostels where you will sleep.
Ministry details
Upon arrival, there will be a welcome dinner where you will meet the rest of the team. Be ready for prayer times, devotionals and engaging in conversations with your teammates and pilgrims. You will walk the Camino alongside pilgrims who are hiking for different reasons, some spiritual and some for the physical challenge. Each day of the hike you will walk from one town to another and spend the night in a pilgrim hostel, where you will be able to make new friends and reunite with pilgrims that you meet on the Camino.
Purpose
The Way of St. James (El Camino de Santiago in Spanish) is a world renowned pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. Every year, thousands of people from all over the world come to Spain for this hike. It is also considered to be one of the most open areas in Europe to share the gospel, as most pilgrims are more open to listen, discuss and reflect while on the Camino. The purpose of this outreach is for you to share your testimony and the gospel with other people walking the Camino.
Participant profile
We are looking for people who: - Want to grow and serve others - Are able to walk on average 20-25 km per day in varying weather conditions - Want to be challenged physically, mentally and spiritually - Want to talk to new people and share their faith - Are flexible, willing to listen and learn Basic Spanish is not required but is highly recommended. Other languages such as French and German are also useful but not essential. You need to be able to communicate in English as that will be the team language and the language that most international pilgrims use.
Notes
This is an EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH where you will need to be intentional in speaking to other pilgrims about Jesus. Our aim is to SHARE THE GOSPEL with other pilgrims. This outreach is NOT for you if you want to do the Camino for personal reflection or personal time with God. This outreach requires a good level of physical fitness. We highly recommend doing training walks before coming for this outreach and building up over a period of time to walking 20 – 25 kilometres at a time. During the outreach the participants will start walking as a group every day at around 6.30am.