DTS FINANCES Costs Conversion rates How to Make Payment Refund Policy Australian Citizen Student Allowances What happens if you don't have all the finances for a DTS? Allow God to surprise you in His provision for your school fees and personal expenses. Can't imagine how? Then read here about how God amazed one of our students Sally McLean in her difficult circumstances.

Reef to Outback is a non - profit incorporated association, and as an interdenominational organisation has no regular funding from any particular denomination. Nobody in Youth With A Mission receives a salary, so each person, from the newest volunteer to the International President, is responsible for his or her own needs. Some staff receive regular support from a home church, friends or family, while others rely on provision from different sources. All students who participate in the training programs are required to meet their own expenses.

New ! Pay fees and Make Donations On-line ! With the assurance of Secure Server Technology, Reef to Outback can now accept credit card payments through our Web Site. Your Credit Card Details can be safely proccessed with no concerns of a 3rd Party obtaining your details. In fact it is safer than giving your Credit Card details over the phone or handing it over in a store or resturant. Please go to our secure PAYMENT page now. ( If you wish, payment can still be made via phone or fax, also at the PAYMENT page). Our form allows you to Pay your school fees before arriving Make Donations to Reef To Outback Pay support to a specific staff member or student Contribute to any special appeal or fund that we will make you aware of from time to time ..

Costs

DTS fees as follows :-

All prices are quoted in Australian dollars (AUD).

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Your fees cover room and board (food), training costs and transportation costs (for ministry purposes) during the lectures and outreach within Australia. It does not include visas or personal expenses such as toiletries, snacks and postage, etc. The school fees do not include transportation to and from the Reef to Outback DTS or the DTS outreach return airfare from Townsville.

Registration fee $30 AUD to be paid with application (non refundable)

Payment schedule for DTS fees:

- $600 AUD
A deposit is required within three weeks after notification of acceptance to confirm a place in the DTS. Cancellations given 48 hrs prior to commencement of the DTS will receive a $300 AUD refund.
Any cancellation after this time will forfeit the entire deposit.

- $4,200 AUD

To be paid before or on arrival of DTS. Please Note : There is a 3% surcharge for school payments made by credit / debit cards; Go to our secure PAYMENT page to pay on-line.

Payment schedule for DTS major outreach phase transportation costs:

- $600 to $1,200+ AUD (this price varies)
Due sixth week. Each DTS usually travels internationallyor within Australia - the return airfare, bus, train and/or vehicle costs from Townsville varies in cost depending on the location of the outreach.

Students will not be able to begin their course unless they are able to make these payments. However if you contact the school director and explain your financial situation another payment schedule may be arranged.

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How to Make Payment

You can now make all school and staff payments as well as general donations through our Secure Server Payment Page. You can also use the Payments page to make payments via Fax or Phone.

If you still prefer to send a cheque or bank draft the details are below :
    Cheques should be made out to "Youth With A Mission", not to the DTS. All payments must be made in Australian Dollars (AUD). We would request overseas students pay tuition fees in form of an International Bank Draft or make an electronic / wire transfer direct to our bank account (Put your name as a reference on the wire transfer). Please fax/send a copy of this transaction to our office and bring original or copy with you to verify payment.

Commonwealth Trading Bank Branch : Hermit Park QLD Account Number : 06 4819 0090 6108 Account Name : Youth With A Mission - Reef to Outback Assoc. Inc. Bank Code if Required : CTB AAU2S

There may be a 3% surcharge for payments made by credit / debit cards.

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Refund policy

In the event of an unplanned departure from the DTS, the following refund schedule will apply in AUD. This refund policy applies as our organisation will have already invested finances and made commitments prior to your arrival and during the first 5 weeks. No refunds will be issued beyond the 5th week.

1st week $3,500     2nd week $2,000     3rd week $1,500
4th week $1,000     5th week  $ 500         6th week $0  

Australian Citizen Study Allowances

Austudy and Abstudy is available for Australian students. We will supply you with the course name and reference number.

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What happens if I don't have all the finances for a DTS?

As you look into attending a Reef to Outback DTS, there's a few things to consider. I'll list some points that may help:

Firstly, however you may hear God or process your decision making, have a conviction that this school is for you. Involve your local pastor and friends with your decision making and ask them if they can help to pray and give financially. Talk it over with some friends who have done a DTS and see what they think of you going. Understand whether it's the right timing for you. Note some people put off doing a DTS because of a pay rise, a job promotion or another great opportunity. Make sure you don't settle for second best. Get some friends together and see about doing some fundraising, selling chocolates, washing cars, a garage sale, the skys the limit. By the way doing these sorts of activities will do much more than raising finances for your DTS. Awareness, friendship and prayer support are the other crucial things that will happen if you are wise in how you go about it. Be prepared to work extra jobs with a focus to raise money, sell some items, maybe your car, etc. Contact the DTS Director.

DTS's are a great investment into your future!!

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God did the impossible!! - Sally McLean DTS student

At the beginning of this year I had decided to go on a DTS as I wanted to be challenged in my faith, taste the mission field and have a long awaited break from study! Yet at this stage I had no money and no job to assist me to go.

Meanwhile I was searching for information on DTS's and when I received material on Reef to Outback, it immediately appealed to me. I couldn't stop thinking about it, and my heart became more and more set on it.

One night I came home to some news about costs. The course itself would cost $4,800 and I would also need money for airfares to get to Townsville and for the outreach. This sounded to much for me, and to top it off the course was starting relatively soon, in June. My thoughts were - IMPOSSIBLE! But the following morning my family and I figured that well, why not! God could do it if He wanted to. So I decided to aim for Reef to Outback and allow God to provide if it was His will.

Seemingly placed in my lap came a job working many hours a week with a young woman who has severe disabilities. However after a number of weeks I learned that this work was too tough on me physically and I knew it was wise to resign. This job had been a help financially but I felt like I was back to square one in terms of getting to Reef to Outback. At this time I was handed a note from a friend that read, "Sally, through all these trials God really wants you to know that it's by Him that you will be sent".

To my amazement, money began to trickle in from all directions. Numerous opportunities came up for me to earn money in small ways. People started giving me gifts of money, even some who knew me very little. A friend in my church willingly organized a fund-raiser for me, selling Australian-made woolen sock - 300 pairs sold. People in my youth group worked on another fund-raiser and even an employer of mine organized and held her own garage sale for me!

Right up until the beginning of DTS it was like a roller coaster ride. Many times I would become discouraged, and God would again give me encouragement enough to go on with . During June, it became clear that God was sending me to Reef to Outback and He was providing all I needed. It was worth it! God's character had been just as evident during the school and I am so glad to be here!

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