Please contact the VIMM office to sign up for a trip.

Dear Applicant:

The application link below contains the necessary items for your participation in the VIMM trip: an Application form, a Standard of Conduct Agreement, and a Pastor's Recommendation form. Please complete or get each of these forms to the appropriate person along with the $10 application fee and return to the VIMM office. If you do not have a pastor, it will be necessary for you to have two letters of personal recommendation written by a non-family member and returned directly to VIMM. In the letter, the person making the recommendation should describe his/her relationship with you. If you have been a VIMM team member within the past 12 months, please complete page 1 & 2 and any information that has changed since your last trip and a Standard of Conduct Agreement. A new Pastor's Recommendation form is not required.

You must have all materials returned to the VIMM office by the dates indicated. At that time, the team leader will review your application and evaluate your position on the team. If your application is approved, we will notify you with the cost of the trip and deadline for the payment. We will also notify you if you are not chosen for this team and sincerely hope that you will consider another VIMM trip.

The process of choosing the team is time consuming. You may wish to go ahead and start raising your funds for the trip now. If someone wishes to help pay for your trip, checks must be made to VIMM in order for that person to receive a receipt.

All payments are NON-REFUNDABLE and become the property of Volunteers in Medical Missions. Excess funds will be designated for the team member's future trip and must be used by the team member within 2 years.

A passport is required for all trips and generally takes 6-8 weeks to obtain. The cost is approximately $97 and the passport is good for 10 years. If you already have a passport, please check the expiration date. If it expires within 6 months from the departure date of the trip, please have it renewed. Most countries require 6 months before expiration.

Because VIMM is an inter-denominational organization with team members coming from varied Christian backgrounds, it is imperative that each team member to be tolerant of other's differences. I encourage you to look for the central doctrines of Christianity on which you can agree and not dwell on differences. Paul instructs believers in Ephesians 4:3 to make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. For a mission trip to be successful, members must work as a team.

Please inquire about our policies regarding applicants under age 18 and extended stays (either going earlier or staying longer that the trip dates)

Below is the trip application pdf format. Each page will need to be completed and mailed or faxed into the VIMM office. The pdf file contains formfields so the information can be typed into the pdf before printing.
Trip Application

Thank you for your desire to serve God through medical missions. If I can be of any help to you, please email at kathyc@vimm.org or call 800-615-8695.

Sincerely,

Kathy Cater
Associate Director

• We believe the Bible to be the infallible Word of God, that it is His holy and inspired word, and that it is of supreme and final authority.
• We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons- Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
• We believe Jesus Christ was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, took on Himself all of our sins, died and rose again, and is seated at the right hand of the Father as our mediator and advocate.
• We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgement of God, and need to come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ through His shed blood on the cross.
• We believe in holy Christian living and that we must have concern for the hurts and social needs of our fellowmen.
• We believe we must dedicate ourselves anew to the service of our Lord and to His authority over our lives.
• We believe that not by works of righteousness, which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us… Titus 3:5
• We believe you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and to the end of the earth…Acts 1:8.

Our Goals:

• To encourage fellowship among Christian volunteers.
• To promote a Christian approach to the treatment of medical patients throughout the world.
• To initiate and develop medical mission projects.
• To provide medicines, supplies, and equipment to clinics in third-world countries.
• To provide international public health information.
• To inform missionaries, of any Christian denomination, what is available to them in the fields of medicine and construction.
• To involve non-medical people in mission projects such as construction, Bible schools, evangelism and the use of other skills.
• To procure necessary funding through individuals, churches, corporations and foundations.