Are you excited about using technology in a creative way in ministry?

Are you a team player with a personal passion to reach people for Jesus?

Do you envision using your unique technical skills in the mission field?

Trash 2 Treasure is a project that uses plastic recycling to develop ongoing relationships with people with the goal of evangelism and discipleship. The recycling machines themselves are based on open-source designs, and require hands-on technical skills and a passion for teaching and mentoring to build and maintain the machines and oversee their use. A teaching plan has been developed that uses examples from the recycling process with parallels from the Bible to illustrate how God turns our lives from Trash into Treasure.

The Trash 2 Treasure project started as a pilot project in our North Africa Middle East (NAME) region office in Spain. This pilot project has now reached a stage where we need a coordinator to oversee the deployment of the project to another location, possibly Athens, where it can be used with the refugee and asylum seeker population there.

This is how we are working to help fulfill the Great Commission of Christ. Will you join us?

The Trash 2 Treasure Coordinator’s responsibilities include:

• Spending time at the pilot project location to become familiar with the machines and recycling process
• Selection and purchasing of new machines for the new location
• Assembly and maintenance of new machines
• Planning and construction of work spaces
• Training of others to carry out the recycling and teaching plan
• Supervision of work spaces

Requirements:

• Mechanical aptitude
• Knowledge of safe workshop practices
• Ability to think creatively of potential uses for recycled plastic based on knowledge of the process
• A passion for disciple-making among unreached people from various worldviews.
• The desire and ability to live and work from the regional office in Spain initially, then possibly another location.
• Self-directed with good communication skills.
• Flexibility and an eagerness to learn.