Steve Robertson is the new International Staff and Teams Coordinator for FHI Bolivia. Steve hails from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and has spent most of the last decade working as a Youth Pastor in two Canadian churches. Steve has his Masters in Theology from Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto, but also draws from a wide variety of life-experiences. He enjoys tinkering on the computer, loves music of all types, and even claims to play a little guitar himself. He also loves to travel and has set foot in over 20 different countries around the world, several of those being missions-related trips. Steve has led over a hundred people on cross-cultural missions into Latin America and brings that experience to his position as the Teams Coordinator for FHI Bolivia. Having just reorganized FHI/B's Teams Program, he hopes to offer visiting teams a high-quality experience that is both meaningful and productive. He believes that whether teams realize it or not, they need and want the following during their short-term missions experience: 1. A Team and its members want to feel like they are contributing something meaningful. 2. A Team and its members need to experience a sense of accomplishment. 3. A Team and its members need sufficient time to experience the new culture and be impacted by it. They need time to process. 4. A Team and its members need to experience both an entry and an exit from the culture. (ie. A briefing and a debriefing) 5. A Team and its members want things to go as smoothly as possible during their stay. Steve hopes to offer a program that meets these needs, while at the same time serves a valuable and practical function within the work of FHI Bolivia. Steve's wife Janice, is a registered nurse who hails from Chatham, Ontario, Canada. Janice currently works as the Project Designer for FHI Bolivia's Health Program. Janice has served in Bolivia since 1999, beginning as a field-worker in the rural areas outside of Sucre. Janice plays the piano, loves to cook and enjoys reading a good book.