Develop a Team

We encourage people who are interested in going on a short-term mission trip to form a team either from your church, organization, school, or family and friends. We challenge our teams to have a minimum of 20 people, however, 10 people is the minimum team size. We can facilitate up to 60 people at a time.

Choose a Team Leader

Team Leaders serve as the main contact person for G.O. Ministries for your team. The Team Leader helps recruit the team, makes all arrangements with G.O. Ministries and the travel agency, encourages the team in their fundraising efforts, sends all monies in by the deadlines, is often the spiritual leader or appoints a team member or members to lead devotionals, and oversees the team on its trip.

Team Leaders can contact our office to secure a trip date and to receive a Team Leader’s Packet that includes a Team Leader’s Guide that will walk you through the entire process of planning a successful trip, applications for your team, team building and cross-cultural activities to better prepare your team, and a video to assist in your team recruiting efforts.

You can download a copy of the Team Leader’s Guide here

Choose a Date

G.O. Ministries sends teams to the Dominican Republic and Haiti from the second week of January to the third week of November. (There are occasional exceptions to these time frames.) Trips are 8-days long and start and end on a Tuesday. G.O. Ministries will officially reserve the week you would like to plan your trip only when we have received a signed covenant from the Team Leader’s Guide and a $1,000 non-refundable deposit from your team.

Choose a Focus of your Trip

G.O. Ministries offers the unique opportunity to mold your trip around the gifts and desires of your team to accomplish your goals and our ministry goals. Please refer to the types of trips as to the focus your team can have.

Costs

• $950 + airfare (averages between $550-$900).

• Hosting
• $300 Food & Lodging
• $100 Transportation in the DR/Haiti
• $100 Leadership
• $100 Field Services
• $50 Beach Day

FIELD MINISTRY

$100 Mercy Ministry: From rushing a Haitian pastor injured in a motorcycle accident from Haiti to the Dominican Republic to get life saving treatment for his wounds, to helping assist a member of our construction team cover the costs of cancer treatment for his mother, your $100 allows G.O. Ministries to respond quickly and effectively to mercy needs as they occur throughout the island on a daily basis.

$200 Ministry Advancement:  When your team arrives on the island they are entering a ministry that is on the move in a variety of ways and places.  Your team is serving alongside passionate local Christian leaders who are pouring their lives out for Jesus in their communities from the nutrition center in Hoya de Bartola to churches serving the exploited sugar cane cutters in the Bateys.  Your $200 leaves their collective ministries better than you found them due to the crucial resources it helps generate to grow their Kingdom work in terms of being able to provide churches, nutrition centers, clinics, schools and dormitories.

ADDITIONAL COSTS

$50 Optional Overnight Trip to the Beach A day trip to the beach is included in the cost of your trip.  However, some teams want to overnight at the beach.  Teams staying in Santiago or Hato del Yaque (Level 1 & 2 trips) have the option of staying overnight at an all-inclusive beach resort in Sosua. Please let your Team Coordinator know if you are interested in staying overnight at the beach.

Haiti Teams: $100 Border Crossing Costs

Teams traveling to Haiti will need to pay an additional cost to cover the Dominican and Haitian border crossing costs.

Batey Teams: $50 Overnight Trip to the Beach There is an additional $50 fee for teams who will be working in the Bateys (Level 3 trip) to cover the cost of the overnight stay at the all-inclusive beach resort in Santo Domingo.

$10 DR Tourist Card- cash on hand, not in overall cost Each individual must have $10 American cash to come in the country. We suggest having a $10 bill ready for each team member.

$ Other - Each team member is responsible for his/her immunization costs, fees to obtain a passport, transportation to the airport in the U.S., meals in the airport, and any emergency incidentals.  On the field, team members will only need additional money for snacks and souvenirs.
Passports

A passport is required to travel to the Dominican Republic.

Processing times and fees to obtain a passport vary, so it's important that you apply early. Please visit the US Passport Requirements section on the US Department of State's website for further details.

Immunizations

G.O. Ministries highly recommends up-to-date Tetanus/Diptheria vaccinations for all trips. The Center for Disease Control also recommends the following: Hepatitis A&B, Typhoid, Malaria RX, and Travelers Diarrhea RX. Recommended vaccinations may change as conditions change in various areas so please see www.cdc.gov for current updates.

Travel Insurance

As you prepare of your short-term mission trip, internship, or visit with G.O. Ministries, you may want to consider purchasing a Travel Insurance Policy.

G.O. Ministries is proud to partner with Insurance Services of America, specializing in travel insurance for mission trips.

Please visit their website at: www.missionaryhealth.com for more information, or 
click here to purchase a policy online.