Be a Choir Intern
The main focus of the Daraja Choir Internship is to serve, and through that experience, you will have an amazing opportunity to deepen your relationship with Jesus. You will serve Kenyan leaders, church leaders, host homes, and, in particular, 24 amazing Kenyan Children. The Daraja Intern team will consist of a small group of 4-5 college students who will travel with the choir for one or both of their tours. You will do everything with the children from helping with schoolwork and play time to concert preparation and acting as a chaperone in host homes.
Your tour will start with cultural preparation and team building, after which you will travel to Kenya to meet the Daraja kids. There, your eyes will be opened to extreme poverty and things you could never imagine. But more importantly, you will see Jesus in an amazing way that will change your life. The lessons you will learn in this time will change the way you look at the world and your life forever. You will come back to the United States as a huge family.
As you travel with the choir, you will see God worshipped and lifted high in ways you’ve never seen before. You will witness, and be a part of, community-wide healing, racial and denominational reconciliation, and spiritual awakening in the American church. You will see children blossom before your very eyes. You will see their world perspective grow and their self-confidence explode. As an intern, you will see God move in ways that you have never seen before. You will look at the world in a new way, worship like you’ve never worshipped before, serve and be served in return, but mostly, you will experience Jesus in a new and exciting way. Be ready for an experience that will change your life.
- A personal commitment to Jesus Christ as Savior and an active involvement in a local church
- A servant's heart reflected in a willing attitude
- A desire to be a team member in a ministry dedicated to communicating the refreshing spirit of Christ, the truth of His word and the difference living for Him can make in our lives
- A team player who has a respect and interest in other cultures
- Must have graduated high school by June of 2008 and/or completed at least one year of college
- Must be willing to raise support to cover expenses. Doing this creates a support team of prayer for you for the tour(s) and allows God to provide for the work He has called you to do.
- Must have the ability to do manual labor. Interns will load and unload the bus, lift heavy boxes, sound equipment, merchandising displays, etc.
- Interns will be traveling to Kenya at the beginning of the tour. Therefore all interns will be required to have a current Passport and potential immunizations required for travel to Africa. Remember, you can ask your sponsors to help with these costs.
All applicants will be interviewed on the phone with the tour leader of the Daraja Children’s Choir of Africa.
All applications must be postmarked by February 15, 2009. The 410 Bridge and Daraja Children’s Choir will let all applicants know if they have been accepted to the internship by Monday, March 15, 2009.
Each intern is required to raise $3500. Interns traveling for two tours are required to raise $4500. Any amount raised above that will go directly to the intern during the course of the tour to be used toward personal expenses.
We will have two tours in 2009. These dates are still tentative, but include the trip to Kenya, U.S. tour and debrief.
Summer Tour: May 13, 2009-August 22
Fall Tour: September 19-December 17
- Chaperoning 3-4 choir members in a host home: getting the kids ready for bed, talking to the host homes about The 410 Bridge and the choir, making sure their travel outfits are ready for the next day, etc.
- Assisting the teacher with school-time
- Play time daily with the kids
- Overseeing the concert merchandise table
- Set up and running sound equipment for concerts
- Prepping costumes and children for each concert
- Loading and unloading the bus at each stop
- Procuring supplies for the choir
- Interacting with the church members and concert attendees
- Capturing the tour on video
- Serving any way you can
