School of Youth Ministries in English (SYME)

Learn About SYME

• 1. Prepare a passport and visa. In order to go overseas you must have a valid PASSPORT (with remaining validity of at least 6 months). Tourists from the US and Canada can stay in Korea OR Japan for up to 90 days without a VISA. For Taiwan the following document will help you prepare to come.
  • Taiwan:
• 2. Prepare a list of the names and addresses (e-mail preferred) of 50-100 people and/or churches to communicate with before and during your trip.
• 3. Prepare a letter to send to churches, family and friends explaining what you will be doing on this short-term missions trip. You will need prayer support and perhaps financial support as well. Here is a sample letter.
• 4. Prepare a roundtrip plane ticket to Incheon, Korea or Narita, Japan. Word of Life Launch is prepared to assist you with this.
• 5. Review sample lesson plans
  • English Bible Study class
  • Conversation class
  • WRAP class
• 6. Review the SYME Volunteer Handbook.
  • Korea:
  • Japan:
  • Taiwan:
• 7. Print out, review and bring the SYME Travel Document with you.