Transform – Short Term Missions
This year over 350 people came from all over the globe to join the first week of Transform in Rome. It was a time to equip each team with skills for their areas of work, to get to know one another and also to prepare spiritually, mentally and physically for their missions ahead. The days started with a typical Italian breakfast and then broke up into worship sessions, prayer sessions, education sessions and then fun time for meeting and mixing with each other. On the last day of the conference all 350 people left to go and put their skills into practice by transforming the centre of Rome, which at that time was full of tourists and travellers. Armed with pamphlets in every language, solar powered Arabic Bibles, Bibles and lots of love they set out to change the day in Rome.
So many people’s lives were transformed that day so many stories were shared. Stories of miracles in areas where Christianity is banned and the amazing work been done. Stories of people with addiction problems and horrific youths were all touched through transform and how those people have gone on to grow communities and churches in their own regions. The teams all left for their various destinations for their missions. Some of the destinations included, Morocco, Greece, Portugal, Albania, Italy and Sicily. Team members stayed from as little as two weeks to one month to one year. Each person was lead in their own way as to how long they should stay and where they should go.
I would like to encourage anyone wanting to change their own lives and those of others to consider Transform 2013. It’s amazing to see how so many people can unite in one place from all over the world all in the name of God and bring transformation into the region.
-by Cindy Parvess
