Frequently Asked Questions

The purpose of Discovery Weekend is to give you a place to listen and “discover” your next step in missions. You will be in a retreat setting with other students from across Texas who also have a heart for missions. Discovery Weekend will include great worship and teaching times, small group interaction, a mission fair and your individual interview. Our goal is to get to know you well so that we can place you in a mission position that is the right next step for you in missions. If you are not able to attend Discovery Weekend, there will be a late interview day; however, you will only be considered for positions not filled at Discovery Weekend.

The Positions List will indicate not college hours, but classification. It may say “Sophomore or above” for a project. This would mean at the time of application, you must be in your second year of college, after high school, to serve on that project. College hours do not count, only years spent in college. Junior or above would mean you are in your third year of college. Senior or above, in your fourth year of college or a recent graduate. Any other special requirements will also be listed for each position. College graduates may still apply up to 6 months after graduation. Current graduate and seminary students are also encouraged to apply.

Now! The sooner the better! Don’t surprise them the day your application is due. Remember that your parents are taking a step of faith too. You need to give them time to think and pray about your decision. If parents have questions they are free to call the Go Now office. You can point them to this website so they can become familiar with Go Now and find answers to their questions.

Most likely, yes. In some instances there may be a team of students assigned together. A few positions are without a partner. If your partner is also a Go Now missionary, you will receive their contact information after Discovery Weekend. Sometimes you will be partnered with students from other states. In some cases, an adult coordinator also accompanies the team.

You will find the required fundraising amount listed for each position on the positions list. You only need to raise the portion of the total cost listed as “amount you raise” of your trip. You will also see “total cost of project” listed as well. This will be greater than the amount you need to raise. BSM’s all across the state work hard throughout the year to raise funds to offset the additional cost. Fellow Texas students are helping send you on mission! 

All costs for transportation to and from the field of service, meals, lodging, local transportation, insurance, orientation & debriefing materials, visas, and required immunizations are covered by the funds you raise. 

Go Now makes sure these living expenses are covered. You will not receive a salary while serving. Things not covered by the amount you raise are the application fee for your passport, sightseeing expenses, souvenirs, long distance phone calls/cell phone bills, and other luxury costs.

Additionally, every student who serves as a Go Now missionary is asked to enlist at least 25 Partners in Missions. Partners in Missions are friends, church members and family members who agree to support you through prayer, encouragement, and/or financially.

Go Now Missions will handle all travel arrangements.

Yes! Orientation is required for all missionaries. Orientation prepares you with the general skills and information needed to serve.

Go Now Missions staff will always be available for the student. However, throughout the time of service, the student will work directly with missionaries or staff who live on the on the field. The field supervisor will be a career missionary, director of missions, or a local church staff member.

Our goal for you during your term of service is that you be taken care of thoroughly but in a cost-efficient manner. Under the Health Care Law, you are required to be covered by an insurance policy through the Healthcare Marketplace or have other primary insurance coverage. Lack of personal insurance will not prevent you from serving, but you must be prepared to cover medical expenses.

For those serving in the US, the insurance coverage we provide while on the field will be your secondary coverage and only covers accidents/injuries. Your personal insurance will be your primary coverage. Treatment for prior illness or accident is not covered by the secondary coverage. You will be covered by an additional accidental policy taken out by Go Now Missions through American Income Life Insurance Company (maximum $5000 accidental). You will receive an insurance card from Go Now before you leave for the field. You will need to keep the card in your billfold/purse the entire term of service in case you have a medical need. Go Now Missions will cover co-pays and medications for illness or injuries that occur on the field that are not covered by your primary insurance. 

For those serving internationally, the insurance will cover both medical and accidental. The insurance coverage we provide for you while on the field will be your secondary coverage. It is not intended to replace any primary personal insurance that you have. Treatment for prior illness or accident is not covered. You will be covered by a policy taken out by Go Now Missions through Everest National Insurance Company (maximum $100,000). You will receive an insurance card from Go Now before you leave for the field. You will need to keep the card in your billfold/purse the entire term of service in case you have a medical need. 

Go Now does not cover the cost of routine medications you take. Please take a full supply of those prescriptions or medications with you.

Go Now Missions staff are available to parents and students at any time. If for some reason there is an emergency at home or on the field, we are always able to communicate with the students and will do whatever is necessary in that particular situation.

Visits to the field of service by parents are discouraged. Ten weeks is such a short period of time that visits to the field would be a distraction to the work of the student missionary. Any planned visit to the field should be cleared by both Go Now Missions and the local field supervisor of the student missionary. Visits from friends and boyfriend/girlfriends are strictly not allowed. Exceptions for family visits are made for semester missionaries.