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Missionary Skipper - Lake Tanganyika: Zambia

Here is an opportunity of a lifetime for a practical, adventure-loving person, who loves Jesus and also loves those who have yet to come to know Him as their saviour.

We need a person who will act as skipper/deck man and be responsible for the maintenance on an 8-man boat.

The boat will serve as a medical clinic and will visit villages on the shores of Lake Tanganyika once a month on the Zambian side from Tanzania to D.R. Congo border (± 230 km roundtrip visiting ± 11 villages)

Start Date: As soon as possible
Commitment Length: 2 years (full time)

Person must:

- be able to communicate in English

- preferably have previous cross cultural mission experience

- have knowledge of running of boats

- be a good steward

- be willing to be out on the lake for at least two weeks at a time, sleeping on the boat, in a tent or in a village hut

- train another person to take over before leaving

Note: any medical experience will be to his/her advantage.

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