for Chownings
First month:
q
Formulate a pattern for learning Aja before leaving Birmingham.
This will need adjusting on the field, and should be routinized by the
end of the first month on the field.
q
Decide on criteria for levels of language learning, using
LinguaLinks[1],
and set goals for achieving them, before leaving Birmingham.
q
Decide who will be the language mentor(s) within the first two weeks of after
arrival in Benin.
q
After a maximum of three weeks in Benin, spend at least ten days (24 hour
periods) each month in an Aja village.
This will be the bonding pattern for four months.
Each of these experiences will consist of no less than two days at a
time. New goals will be set for
bonding after this initial phase.
q
Be able to give a two-minute testimony of faith, in the Aja, within the first
month after arrival. (Cyndi three months)
Second through sixth month:
q
Be able to tell a five-minute Bible story within the first two months after
arrival. (Cyndi four months)
q
Give a fifteen-minute lesson after the first four months. (Cyndi five months)
q
Establish a preaching point within the first six months.
q
Establish a congregation within the first year.
Other goals:
q
Contribute an article in each issue of
Your Aja Mission[2].
q
Statistical and written report to Homewood each month.
(a form for language learning period has been developed)