PORT MERCY Relief Apprenticeship Missions Program

R.A.M.P. up your faith!

Relief Missions. . .Work Experience & Excellence. . . Fitness. . . Bible Study. . .Character Development . . .WHY AM I HERE? WHERE AM I GOING? . . . Disaster Relief. . .Food Distribution. . .ALL THIS AND MORE AT

PORT MERCY

Relief Apprenticeship Missions Program

Friend Ships Unlimited is offering an exciting 1 year post High School Relief Missions Apprenticeship Training Program at our base, Port Mercy, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Learn about and participate in relief missions, while seeking out what God has ordained for your life! Join with staff to carry on the work of the ministry and at the same time -

Explore God’s purpose for your life.
Study the “standing orders” Jesus left with us and develop your walk with God.
Learn about various facets of relief missions including food distribution, disaster relief, maritime ministry and medical missions.
Experience outreach to the community and the world!

Live aboard one of our humanitarian ships. Start the day with a devotional meeting and physical fitness activities. Attend regular prayer meetings and Bible study sessions, exploring such topics as the purpose for which we are born, working as part of a team, developing Christian character, how to be an armor bearer to those over you, excellence and discipline in your craft and how to find and fulfill your calling from God.

Spend each day working alongside the Friend Ships staff, maintaining the facilities and carrying on the work of local and international missions. Students assist in one or more of the following activities: preparation of supplies for shipment; fabrication of tents for disaster relief; grounds-keeping; ship maintenance; hospitality; food service; administrative support services.

Port Mercy Relief Apprenticeship Missions Program - RAMP

“Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy. . .”

If accepted to attend the R.A.M.P. program, room and board will be provided. You are responsible for your travel to and from Port Mercy in Lake Charles, Louisiana and for the purchase of your books and supplies. There are no further costs.

Friend Ships is an all-volunteer international relief organization in operation since 1983. We own and operate ships for the purpose of providing food and relief supplies to people in need around the world. Port Mercy in Lake Charles is our headquarters. We also have bases in Central America (The Village in Roatán, Honduras) and on the U.S. West Coast (StoreHouse One in Wilmington, CA.) near the Port of Los Angeles.

“To help the poor is to honor God”

For more information, browse through our website or read the book “Jesus and Company”, the story of the birth of Friend Ships by founders Don and Sondra Tipton.

Psalm 139:13 “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. . . . All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”

Click here to download the R.A.M.P. Application. Please note this program is designed for young people in the transition time between school and entering the work force. If you have any questions please email us to see if this program is for you.

To contact us, phone (337) 433 5022, or click here to E-mail us.

Updated April 2007

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