Next Mission Trip: English Club Moldova – October 10-17, 2026
“English club” Moldova
A week of students or youth outreach
What is the project and why is it needed?
Young people and students have a desire to study and practice English. Student ministry and ministry for planting new churches are organizing a week of English Club where young people or students can come and practice conversational English based on Bible passages.
Video about English Club
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za4RMK-OkHA&feature=youtu.be
What is the target area?
Students or young people.
What are the ministry possibilities for Americans?
Teach conversational English.
Share testimonies
Lead lessons based on Bible passages (not Bible studies).
Lead games
Here is a short description of our English Club which will take place on Oct. 12-17, 2026. We invite you to be part of this project through prayer, financially and by sending a team of people who will be able to serve our students and help to know Christ through the English lessons.
What is an English Club?
English Club is one week of teaching English through creative lessons which include teaching Bible stories as part of the lesson. Moldovan university students and high school students are the participants and Americans are the teachers /tutors. Moldovans love to be with Americans and they want to learn English. It’s a perfect opportunity to combine your natural English ability with the chance to share the greatest message in the world. And don’t worry, you will get all the training you need. We want that in a love atmosphere our disciples will be free to invite their friends who are interested in learning English and the Bible. This will be a mixed format project ( building relationships, teaching English, studying the Bible with a main speaker, games, fun and spiritual discussions) where unbelievers get to know Jesus as their Savior.
What do the Americans do at this project ?
As an English Teacher you will be given the task of building relationships with a group of five to nine students every week by teaching English, speaking to them about yourself, but also how they can have a relationship with God. You will spend time with them in small and large groups taking part in activities you plan. You will help them learn English just by speaking with them! It is a great opportunity to present the truth boldly and watch God use you in another person’s life. The rest of your time will be spent bonding with American and Moldovan teammates as you study the Bible together.
Who has the chance to come? Everyone who would love to be a teacher and to have an adventure for one week with Moldavans. If you love to work with youth, have teacher skills, know how to connect with people, and have a desire to share Christ in a Russian orthodox environment then this project is for you.
What is the purpose?
Through this English Club we want to build strong friendships among our disciples. We want to give them the chance to invite their unbeliever friends where they can learn English and hear the Gospel. Through this project our students get encouraged in the Word, fellowship with each other, and get to know more English and Christ.
We want to GROW IN FAITH and knowledge of the Word of God, helping others to do the same in order to MAKE A MARK on Moldova and the rest of the world.
Where it will be?
We will have the project at our Cru national office in the capital city of Chi inău. You will be staying in a hotel not far away from the office. Every evening we will have English with students, but during the day we will have personal meetings with those interested to know more about their teacher and other topics. That will be from Monday to Friday. From Friday to Sunday we will go to a Christian camp where we will spend the weekend all together there. The idea is that we will have more of the American culture, to have one evening of American party and the other one a Moldovan party. We will talk more about the details later.
Dates and details.
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- The time period Americans need to be in Moldova: Arriving Oct. 10 th – Oct 21st (arrival and departure dates) if they come only for the English Club.
Americans are coming on Oct 10th, 2026.
Orientation and preparation: we will start it online, but then when you arrive we will make sure we will have a meeting all together for the last preparations.
Experiencing Moldovan food and culture, church- 1-2 days before English Club
English Club October 12 – 17, 2026
English Club starts on Monday October 12th, 2026 in the evening.
Departure day – You can stay 1-2 days longer exploring more Moldovan culture.
There will be invited Americans from more than one church. We will start the preparation for the English Club, as soon as the group is formed. The English lessons program will be explained during the zoom meetings that we will have online. We will connect with you in advance to schedule these meetings.-
- Things you will work on before your trip and practice them with students when you come to Moldova.
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- You will learn how to share the gospel clearly using the Four Spiritual Laws booklet or other instruments we will decide.
- You will be able to write and share your testimony. You will be able to have spiritual conversations, to build relationships through the activities we will have there.
- You will teach English a certain time per day in English classes.
- There will be different other activities, games, where you can provide much fun, fellowship and friendships with the students.
- Budget: When we invite people from the USA we let them know what their personal budget is for this project and how they can also help the project take place.
For 10 days you will need for you personally:
Plane ticket- approximately $1500- 1800 with Turkish Airlines. The prices can change according to the agency.
Housing – you will stay in a hotel ( approximately 55 $/day x10=$550) with breakfast included. If you want to stay after the English Club take with you more money.
Food for 10 days: 250 (lunch and dinner) $25-$30 a day.
Transportation: $10/day if necessary.
Gifts for your small group: $25
Spending money: $200
Total: around $1025
IN ADDITION: We invite every American to contribute any additional amount they may want to invest for the bugging of the project which is about $ 4000. This amount will go for English Club expenses like materials, food for American Party, room renting, snacks, water, transportation. You can connect your friends, your church and coworkers to take part in prayer and financial support.
The English Club budget:
We expect to have at least 100 students at this project.
There are other expenses (the rent for the main room where we have the program, gifts, transportation, water, materials, snacks, etc.) that total approximately $ 4000.
So the total for the project is around $4000. - What will the day look like?
- Americans will teach English in a very interactive way every day on evenings after the students are off from their summer jobs. Usually it is from 6:00 pm- 9:00 pm.
- Each day the American team will meet to pray and to discuss details for that day. If there are students during the day that would love to meet you for a coffee, you will meet to answer their questions and you will share your experience in life and with God.
- Each day you will discuss something specific with your class. As a Cru team we would like to know ahead what activities you are gifted to do. This can be crafts, drawing, etc.
Here is the video of the English Club we had in July 2023:
https://youtube.com/shorts/1HHUZ2uV1N0?si=UKYJg_KSH9Hojunr
- The time period Americans need to be in Moldova: Arriving Oct. 10 th – Oct 21st (arrival and departure dates) if they come only for the English Club.
Click Here for another short video
For more information: To attend, Sponsor an attendee, etc. Contact The Believer’s Journey: TBJourney2000@gmail.com