For stakeholders in the Neighbours Pottery vision, this mission is a focused 100-hour academic and field-learning journey in south-central Vietnam from 6–10 Aug 2026. It is designed to raise a lampstand of revelation through disciplined study, prayerful observation, local engagement, and practical application.
The aim is not simply to gather information, but to discern what God is doing in the land, the people groups, the livelihoods, and the cultural patterns of the region. The learning experience will connect geography, history, anthropology, vocation, and community development with a kingdom vision for long-term transformation.
Over five days, participants will explore how the mountains, coastlines, rivers, trade routes, crafts, farming, and social memory of south-central Vietnam shape the life of its communities. This includes attention to local wisdom, artisanal practice, and the social texture that gives rise to a distinctive regional identity.
The 100 hours will be structured as an intensive study accelerator: research, guided visits, stakeholder conversations, reflective writing, and collaborative synthesis. Each day will build toward a clearer understanding of how revelation can be translated into sustainable vision, practical pathways, and faithful presence.
For stakeholders, this mission offers three outcomes: a shared language for discernment, a grounded picture of the region’s possibilities, and a framework for shaping Neighbours Pottery as a vessel of beauty, dignity, and blessing in the marketplace and community.
In this sense, the lampstand is both symbolic and practical. It represents light for understanding, but also a durable centre of witness that can illuminate craft, commerce, relationships, and future partnerships across the south-central corridor of Vietnam.
The conviction is simple: when revelation is joined to local engagement and patient formation, a community can be prepared to carry more than a project — it can carry a calling.
Cam Ranh International Airport (entry/exit) → Tropix Blue Guesthouse, Thai An village (ocean side) → Golden Sun Hotel, Lam Dong province (lakeside) → Ka Don Church / UCK Coffee Farm, 37 km outside Da Lat city limits → Alma Hotel, near Cam Ranh International Airport → Cam Ranh International Airport (departure)
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