Home Assignment Planning Timeline

Nail down dates

• Talk to your supervisor about your HMA timeline

• Let your Sending Church know approximate dates

• Notify Reliant

Map Out Immediate Needs

• Begin assessing immediate needs for your stateside expenses.

Debrief or Spiritual Retreat

• Assess needs for you and your family
• Research Options
• Register so you have a spot!

Broad Itinerary

• List out key cities that you would like to visit.
• Reach out to key people for any potential conflicts

Funding your HMA

• If needed launch a special campaign for one-time gifts for your HMA expenses.
• See this page for a strategy to fund your home assignment.

PTO/Vacation

• Consider setting aside a week of vacation, usually toward the beginning or end of HMA. (You get an extra week of PTO on home assignment years)
  
• Make any necessary reservations.

Refine Itinerary

• Begin mapping out your itinerary.
• Consider specific vehicle or housing needs. Talk with your sending church and advocacy team about what you will need upon arrival.

Preparing for Stateside MTD

• Assess your current giving, future needs, and your account balance for potential gaps.
• Read through  Returning to MTD on Home Assignment and bring any questions to your Reliant MTD check-in.

Family Needs

• Consider any educational needs for your children during home assignment.
• Start a bucket list of special things you want to do while in the US. Consider letting each family member pick an activity!

Paperwork

• Check passport/visa renewal dates. Does anything need to be renewed before or during HMA?
• If you have/need an International Driving Permit, plan on renewing that while stateside.

Reliant MTD Check-in

• Schedule MTD Check-In with Reliant Intl staff to review your MTD Health and Strategy prior to HMA
• Determine what MTD coaching you desire leading up to/during your time stateside.

Medical

• Schedule any medical appointments you want to have in the US. Schedule them for the front end, in case follow-up visits are necessary.
• Review details of the Aetna plan while in the US
• If you have opted out of Aetna, determine any extra coverage needed while in the US.

Leaving Logistics

• Make a list of anything you need to set in order in your host country before leaving (and begin working on those items!)

Finalize Materials and Strategy

• Design an updated prayer card for your partners, update your presentation/create slides or video that you would like to use for MTD in the US.
• Review Returning to MTD on Home Assignment, and begin making concrete plans for MTD (who you'll meet with, how you'll meet, when you'll do it)

Shopping

• Make a list of things you would like to buy in the U.S. and bring back with you to the field.
• Purchase gifts/souvenirs for friends and family.

Final Pieces

• Confirm logistics for your travel and transportation when you arrive in the US.
• Schedule a Reliant debrief within the first 2-4 weeks of HMA.

Begin Scheduling

• Depending on your HMA plan, begin scheduling your first two weeks of MTD meetings.
• If you don't need raise any funds, still plan on connecting with your partners to update them on what's happened, hear how they are, and continue to cultivate those relationships

Leaving Well

• Make time to meet with friends in your host country you want to spend time with before leaving.
• Pick a couple of healthy individual and/or family rhythms you want to maintain during HMA and ask someone to help keep you accountable