Good Samaritan Clinic – volunteers will have a chance to see how nurses care physically and spiritual for their patients. Duties will include prepping supplies, assisting in the pharmacy and other projects related to the operation of the clinic. Volunteers will see firsthand the challenges of being a provider in a developing country and what inspires the clinic to help their patients day after day. $2,000.00

At the Mission Base, volunteers can expect to be involved in caring for JBYM visitors, housekeeping duties, meal preparation and jobs related to mission maintenance and upkeep. We will try to customize volunteer responsibilities according to each persons abilities and interests. The work of the Mission Base is primarily a support role for JBYM. Those that work there will have a view into what it takes to operate a mission and the challenges and opportunities that come with it. $2,000.00

At the Tree of Life School volunteers can interact with children from preschool to 9th grade. They will have the opportunity to teach English classes, help on the school bus, and assist with other duties related to the operation of the school. Volunteers will learn what it takes for the teachers to reach their students who come from varied, but often difficult backgrounds. They will see the relationships that form to make teaching a rewarding service. $2,000.00

The La Anchura Boy’s Ranch will put volunteers right beside the staff and boys on a remote jungle ranch. They can expect to be involved in daily chores with the various animal projects, help with selling products that the ranch produces, and perform other tasks that are necessary to operate the ranch. Volunteers will learn the reason behind the daily structured activities at the ranch and how these activities benefit the staff and the boys. $2,000.00

Details

JBYM Mission Base

Same contact info as the Home Director

Legal Documentation

Bring a valid passport with at least 6 months’ time before expiration date. It is advisable to check with the field director to see if anything should be done through the Guatemala Embassy in the US or Canada prior to coming.

Guidelines

While on the field, workers are asked to abide by their home church guidelines even if they are a higher standard than those required by JBYM.

Brethren shall refrain from wearing ties, gaudy or form-fitting clothing, shorts, sleeveless shirts, or jewelry (including the wedding band). Sleeves shall cover at least three-fourths of the upper arm. Shirts, void of large writing, shall be worn in all public places. Men are to be clean-shaven, with the exception of a beard and mustache worn for convictions sake. A goatee or mustache alone is not permitted.

Sisters shall not wear make-up, jewelry (including the wedding band), slacks, shorts, and low necklines, sleeveless, gaudy or form-fitting dresses. Sleeves shall cover at least ¾ of the upper arm. Dresses shall reach below the knees and not expose the body in an immodest way.

As a man’s relationship to God is symbolized by short hair and the unveiled head, so a woman’s relationship to God and man is symbolized by uncut hair and a veiled head.

In Guatemalan culture, it is not appropriate for a man and woman to be alone; talking, traveling or working together unless they are married. At JBYM we honor the THREE RULE. No man and woman shall be alone for three minutes, after that there shall be three people present.

Bring a servant’s heart and a willingness to live a simple lifestyle that will both honor God and bless the Guatemalan Brotherhood.