Internship Assignment Description

This is what Wycliffe is going to try to set up for us as noted by John Ramsey (our team director from Wycliffe):

We will be assigned to live with a language team for the majority of the trip to Ghana, Africa. This could be in a city, town or a village depending on the translation site (which has not yet been confirmed). The goal of the trip will be to assist the language project team and interact with the host culture. Culture and language are important to Wycliffe and significant time will be spent in these areas. Interns will also be expected to contribute to the daily chores required in village living. We strive for a balance in this area keeping in mind the needs of the intern and the needs of the host village.

Orientation takes place throughout the trip, but generally the first week and a half of the trip is dedicated to going over the major orientation topics. The interns will keep a daily journal of their experiences, observations, and impressions (some of which we hope to post after the trip!).

Critical inquiry takes place throughout the trip with the last week set aside for the total trip debriefing. The major component of this time is identifying the experiences in their journals that impacted them and then turning these into organized story modules. Interns then share these story modules with each other and discuss them as a group.

Interns are supervised by Discovery staff during the pre-trip preparations. Once they leave for their assignments, they are assigned a field supervisor who serves as their advocate. This person is responsible for evaluating the intern and meeting with them to discuss the evaluation. The intern also writes an evaluation of the trip from their view which is also discussed during the last week of debrief time (we will post a cliff-notes version afterwards as well). The immediate supervisor will be John Ramsey.