You will need to arrive in Virginia Beach on Saturday May 22nd between 1:00 – 5:00pm. You will need to arrange travel plans yourself to either drive or fly. A suggestion is to coordinate with other students attending and arrange carpools and/or caravans to travel together. Please feel free to use the Facebook page to coordinate travel plans.
If you plan on flying, you can fly into the Norfolk International Airport and inform the Operations Director of your flight. We will arrange for someone to pick you up.
We will begin the summer with a few days of orientation and then you will be able to start work on Thursday, May 27th. You will have time and opportunities to look for a job once you arrive, but if you desire, you may try to have your job lined up before arriving, or at least have some leads. Check the page on Jobs for more information regarding job parameters.
Our time in VA Beach ends the morning of Wednesday, July 28th. Once again, please coordinate travel plans on your own to leave that morning.
If you currently have, or more importantly, will have health insurance this summer during the Summer Mission (SM) please bring, for your own use, your Health Insurance Card or a copy of your current insurance information. HIPPA rules and legal liability does not allow us to know your current health insurance information. You will simply need to bring it in case you would need it.
If you do not have health insurance, you will automatically be ensured under an automatic policy that our SM covers for you. Everyone will be enrolled in this insurance, even if you have health insurance. Cru's additional insurance will ONLY cover emergency Summer Mission related incidents.
We will be sending more information about this later. Simply know that if you have health insurance, the insurance from the SM will be your secondary policy that you can use in case you need.
You are on your own to purchase meals and groceries for the summer. There will only be a handful of meals provided by the SM. Once you receive your housing placement, we encourage you to communicate with your roommates about what to bring and how you will manage groceries/food prep together.
Each unit will have a kitchenette where you can prepare your meals. Basic kitchen supplies are included in each unit but it may be good to bring additional items.
Plan to bring only those clothes and other items that will be absolutely necessary. This summer is not a fashion contest! Space is tight so you may not want to bring a bunch of “stuff”. Be cool and casual. Don’t forget to bring a nice outfit or two for church and our final SM banquet!
You will have a free night during the week in the evening, but your schedule will be quite full with Bible studies, training times, teaching times, outreaches and fun. We trust God will be at work in our midst as we learn to walk more closely with Him and as we seek to reach the lost around us.
Due to the nature of the SM, the full schedule and the community environment, there will not be opportunities for you to leave the SM during the summer. We will have SM events throughout the weekends. Family members, however, are welcome to come and visit! If you feel you have an important reason to leave for a short time (ex. you are in your sister’s wedding) just let us know (email Mark.Fertig@cru.org or Rob.Menko@cru.org) prior to SM and we can discuss it.
Your complete summer address will be determined when you arrive as it is dependant on your room assignment with the Ocean Cove Motel. However, the following is the address of the Ocean Cove Motel:
300 24th St,
Virginia Beach, VA, 23451
Do not have mail sent here before May 21st or after July 19th.