Baylor University is sending a record number of mission teams (19) to 11 different countries and two U.S. sites this summer. Nearly 300 students, faculty, staff and alumni will be involved, with several teams focusing on business-oriented activities:

• Accounting students will help develop a strategic plan for an ancient farmhouse donated to One Church Brighton. A group in London will conduct an internal audit of a coffee house and train local nonprofits on best accounting practices.

• Nine students pursuing careers in veterinary medicine and two leaders of Baylor’s Pre-Veterinary Medical Association will serve at an animal rescue organization in Guatemala. Another team of 16 students, faculty and doctors will serve at clinics in Guatemala City and surrounding areas. 

• In Uganda, 15 medical personnel students will serve for two weeks at Restoration Gateway, a Christian organization founded by two Baylor graduates. They will run a three-day camp for children—most of them orphans—and shadow medical personnel at a recently-opened hospital.

• An 11-member business consulting team will work with an organization in Zambia to serve orphans who have finished high school by helping them identify personal strengths and think through a career plan.