Team work

Projects of ROH in Torrejón:

Projects of ROH in Southern Spain:

“Aquí Cabemos Todos” (Room For Everyone Here) in the Calvario church on the other side of the city.

“Manantial de Esperanza” (Fountain of Hope) in the other church on this side of the city.

Teaming Up with the Church

From left to right:

Karen Morris - Canada
Gloria Garcia - Porto Rico
Margarita Lin - USA

Fore ground: Sjaak & Mija Regoord-
Netherlands.

The core Rainbows team 2008

“Todos Somos Amigos” (All Friends), children come together on a weekly base in shop front.
"Niños en Acción" (Kids in Action), Rainbow workers give workshops to collaborators of the local church.
Children's Activity Center: a future project.

Soon available

Interview with ex short term workers
Photo Rainbows flat
Photo YWAM hospitality

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Children's workers: preferably with some experience in working with non christian kids and young people.
People to work with the families: friendship-style, who enjoy working with different cultures.
Support workers: office, maintenance, prayer, research...
Useful talents: crafts, music, theatre, computer (software/hardware)

Who O whom?

It is not easy to sketch a profile of a person who would be in the right place in the Rainbows team. But here are at least some ideas:

For further information on the different jobs, level of language needed and the kind of people we are looking for, please contact us by email: rohspain@gmail.com

As already reflected in our vision, we believe in teamwork not independent but in full cooperation with Christians of local churches where possible. The church community is God's family on earth and His best tool to demonstrate to the spectators who He is.

Two teams

Currently, the Rainbows of Hope team that you see below is divided into two teams in two cities in Spain. One team in Torrejon de Ardoz, 30 km north east of Madrid, and the other team in a city 500 km south of Madrid.

1. Torrejon de Ardoz

In Torrejon de Ardoz the team consists of a couple, Sjaak Mija, and Karen surrounded by one or more short-term workers or Spanish volunteers. Currently they work together in 2 projects with two local churches.

2. Southern Spain

In Southern Spain, the team consists of Gloria & Margarita.

On the pages "Projects" 1 to 5, you ‘ll find more details about those projects.

Would you like to work with Rainbows?

The Rainbows of Hope Spain team hopes that this site gives a reasonable impression of the type of work involved and that the situations described in these pages will give an idea of what you can expect if you like to come and work with Rainbows Spain. Below you ‘ find some more information.

A team from Scotland performs a sketch in the park nearby the former center

Help & Training

In addition to the permanent ROH workers there is a variable number of part-time workers, missionary workers, short-term workers and volunteers from several Spanish churches to strengthen the team each with his or her own gifts and experience. Over the years, there have been a lot of short termer’s and volunteers that worked for a longer or shorter period with the children’s club or other activities.

A number of long term workers, who came to Spain for other ministries, worked with the children clubs and other activities during their first period in Spain of language study and cultural adaptation.

Short term mission

It is an ideal place for “on the job training” for short-term mission workers and Spanish volunteers and to practice the Spanish language. The children have a lot of patience with the often-made language errors. Sometimes a whole team would come for a few days to participate in some of the programs or to do practical work.

Rainbows has a flat available where some workers can possibly stay. For shorter actions, we can often arrange accommodation in the base of YWAM against payments per person per night. The best period for a short term mission is from September to June. In the summer many people go away and there are few activities in the churches.

These handbooks are for new long- and short- term workers coming to work in Spain. They provide information about daily life in Spain and how to go about. Not only use full for the workers them self but also for those interested in the missionaries like for example, support groups. You can have a look behind the scenes and see what is needed to prepare your self and to read something about the perils of a new mission worker.