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Apex Santo Domingo

Apex

ReachGlobal Santo Domingo City Team

The Santo Domingo City Team is part of the ReachGlobal Latin America and Caribbean division. The team partners with a network of house churches to foster deep relationships and multiply disciplemakers among the university student population in the Dominican Republic's capital.
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Dates and Registration

June 21–28, 2025

20 available spots

July 12–19, 2025

20 available spots

July 19–26, 2025

20 available spots

Gordy and Bear Grover have been missionaries for 40 years. For over half of that time, they took high school students overseas to serve with ReachGlobal missionaries and national partners around the world on summer missions. They have served in Africa, Asia, Latin America and central Europe.

Before moving to Santo Domingo, they served in central Africa mentoring and coaching young leaders of grass-roots Christian organizations. As the leaders of the Santo Domingo City Team, they have the goal of discipleship and leadership development among university students across all of their partner churches in the city.

You and your students will come alongside Gordy and Bear to serve and reach out to the community of college-age students introducing them to Jesus and the church mainly through ESL.

How you'll serve

  • Teaching Conversational English - Many Dominican students want to learn conversational English along with their other studies; some are required to learn it for their degrees. You will participate in conversational English classes taught by university professors. In the classes, you play games and practice conversational English with opportunities to introduce faith and the gospel during those conversations. 

We recommend purchasing the AE Bible Reading and Conversation material to practice teaching English as a second language before arriving in Santo Domingo.

Housing

TBD

Cost

  • Early-bird rate: $1,100 per student
  • After December 15: $1,250 per student

Special Requirements

  • This trip requires pre-trip training with the materials provided by Apex Missions.
  • Practice and prepare ESL class teaching—you will not be bringing your own materials, but you do need to be familiar with how it works
  • All participants will need a valid Passport. At the time of building this page a visa is not required. We recommend that you verify that this information before traveling.
  • This site requires a minimum of 10 participants per group.
  • This site requires you to purchase travel insurance for each participant. This is not provided by or available through Apex Missions.
  • We highly encourage you to register your participants with the US State Department STEP International Travel Program. 

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