Lighten Up (Coaching)

Intensive Training for Cross-Cultural Ministry

"Let your Light So Shine"

Be equipped and encouraged in your calling.

Find focus and be fruitful in the foreign harvest fields.

Our Work

LDI prepares and coaches pre-field and veteran cross-cultural missionaries by providing a superior training program for cross-culture workers in Southeast Asia. LDI’s program serves those going and those administering international missions programs. LDI trains believers to be more effective in global missions. We provide both individuals and groups with short training programs and on-going coaching for ministry implementation.

Our Format

We use retreat and conference formats to train and equip believers for cross-cultural ministry. The coursework is designed at a continuing education level, adaptable to the needs of the participants. The training is provided in various locations in Southeast Asia as well as by invitation in North America. 

Our Content

Our sessions are designed to “hit the nail on the head.” From visas and culture shock, to church planting and family stress, we seek to minister to you in a fresh and relevant way. Refined over years of use, the material is regularly updated for a rapidly changing world.

Join with the others who from around the world have become part of the LDI family.

Take the Next Step Towards Global Impact

Pre-field

Missionary Training

  • What will you do about your children’s schooling?
  • What about visas?
  • What language path will you need to take?
  • How will you “start” a church?
  • When does the church have its first baptism?

LDI provides training in several critical factors of cross-cultural missionary life and ministry.

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Practical Lessons for a Life on Mission

Sample Topics Include

  • Foundations of Ministry
  • Forming a ministry philosophy
  • Team Dynamics
  • Project Planning
  • Understanding Myself
  • Dissapointment and Calling
  • Phases of culture shock

How We Can Help You

From the introduction through the last lesson, we bring you on an intentional path of learning and discovery. We have a step by step approach to train you which includes both the foundations of ministry as well as the personal dynamics of team ministry. 

Our sessions are designed to “hit the nail on the head”. From visas and culture shock, to church planting and family stress, we seek to minister to you in a fresh and relevant way. 

Get started in your journey to cross-cultural training