All the staff at Mission Travel are passionate about travel with heart. We love God and love exploring the world around us. Because of our experience in travel and mission - especially the hard-to-reach places - we are able to identify and respond to your ever-changing travel needs.
Frank Scerri
Owner/Managing Director- Client & Supplier
With more than twenty years of experience, Frank Scerri has been involved in every aspect of the travel industry, including retail management, brand management, business development and general management roles.
Started working at MTG:
Founded MTG in Feb 2006
Favorite place to visit:
Istanbul, Damascus, Jerusalem, Cairo on one trip and New York.
Dream mission experience:
I would love to run sports clinics mission in Africa.
Most awkward cultural blunder:
I can never get it right in reference to dress code in a Hamman (Turkish bath).
Lisa Scerri
Operations Director
Lisa Scerri has been involved in the travel industry for the past 17 years. Lisa's career has seen her work in retail travel, marketing, airfare negotiation, wholesale operations and public relations. Her greatest passion is building relationships with people and helping others to live out their calling.
Started working at MTG:
Founded MTG in Feb 2006
Favourite place to visit:
Africa!!! I have an obsession with South Africa in particular. My favourite place is the Valley of a Thousand Hills about an hour’s drive from Durban.
Dream mission experience:
Back to the Valley of a Thousand Hills in South Africa – maybe a longer stint and try and help people with starting up a small business in tourism.
Most awkward cultural blunder:
Totally losing it in India! After travelling for a couple of months and suffering from Delhi belly, I had a meltdown when a taxi driver tried to charge me extra for my bag (we had done 10 minutes of bartering before the journey began). I was stomping my feet, calling for the police, and acting like a baby! Before I knew it a crowd of about 100 people were gathered for my “performance”.
Alex Neale
Compassion Travel Account Manager
Alex Neale has worked at Flight Centre for two years as an international travel consultant. She has also worked as Club Med’s Events and Entertainment Manager for ten years! At MTG, Alex’s role includes mission related travel for churches, Compassion sponsors, donors and major advocates, corporate travel, and group mission trips.
Started working at MTG:
August 2008
Favourite place to visit:
South of France (great cheese, bread and wine!)
Dream mission experience:
ACTS (African Christian Tours and Safaris) volunteer placement for 1 month in Nairobi, Kenya
Most awkward cultural blunder:
In Calcutta, India on a mission trip with Compassion, I realized that it is much more appropriate for women to wear long skirts as this makes using hole in the ground toilets much easier than when wearing pants!
Audrey Warren
Group Travel Consultant
Audrey Warren has been in the travel industry since 1981, working in a variety of positions with travel organisations and airlines including three years at Melbourne Airport. Audrey had the opportunity to travel from the age of nine years every second year with her family until the age of 17 years (before joining the travel industry and continuing her travels). On one family trip, she travelled to South Africa and stayed at Kruger National Park.
Started working at MTG:
November 2009
Favourite place to visit:
The golf course!
Dream mission experience:
Still dreaming…
Most awkward cultural blunder:
Back in 1971 when travelling with my family in Fiji, I had a photo taken with a native Fijian baby and my father gave the baby’s mother some money and got told off as he had given her enough for a month’s wage.
Bonnie Molesworth
Mission Travel Consultant
Started working at MTG:
September 2009
Favourite place to visit:
London is my favourite city, Scotland and Austria are my favourite destinations for the scenery and Chiang Mai is the only destination I have ever returned to because of the people.
Dream mission experience:
Anything in India, it has been the destination on the top of my list my entire life, but I have yet to get there.
Most awkward cultural blunder:
None just yet!
Carmen Reinstein
Groups Travel Consultant
Carmen Reinstein started off her travel industry career with Flight Centre in Brisbane in 1987. She then worked as the Manager Rest Overnight for the Sydney Olympic Torch relay where she organised accommodation, meals, rosters, uniforms, and travel for 150 staff and volunteers travelling with the Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay for 100 days.
Started working at MTG:
May 2007
Favourite place to visit:
Beaches anywhere
Dream mission experience:
Taking a group of friends on an African Mission trip
Most awkward cultural blunder:
Travelling with my husband who is always getting detained by customs!!!!
Natalie Bobos
Mission Travel Consultant
Natalie Bobbs previously worked as an assistant team leader at Flight Centre for three years before joining the Mission Travel Group staff.
Started working at MTG:
May 2008
Favourite place to visit:
Europe for its diverse Culture, history and amazing Architecture, particularly Slovakia. The Philippines is also a favourite for the amazing picture perfect beaches.
Dream mission experience:
I would love to experience Mission work in Africa. Working at Mission Travel has given me the opportunity to work with many fantastic organizations and individuals who selflessly donate time and money to give back to others through Mission Work in Africa.
Most awkward cultural blunder:
I can’t think of one but I’m sure there have been many!
Pauline Cash
Group consultant for Pilgrimage Tours
Pauline Cash worked in general retail and corporate consulting and management roles before joining the MTG team. Her previous travel industry experience includes being the cruise consultant for several international crusie lines, a tour escort and a group tours consultant.
Started working at MTG:
Jan 2008
Favourite place to visit:
Too hard! So many great places and it is hard to single just one out. I love all the white sand beaches (most are in Oz which should be no surprise) like the beaches between Coffin Bay and Ceduna in the Great Australia Bight in South Australia or around the Jervis Bay area in New South Wales. My favourite overseas beach is on Boracay Island in the Phillipines. I also love the desert ares with sand dunes like those in Dubai or the Sahara Desert in Morocco – WOW!
Dream mission experience:
House building for villagers in Cambodia.
Most awkward cultural blunder:
Forgetting to take my shoes off in a restaurant in Japan when shoes must be off! Oops!
Sarah Wimpress
Administrator
Started working at MTG:
March 2010
Favourite place to visit:
Nope! I haven’t found it yet as I would like to keep looking – too many places to list.
Dream mission experience:
Lisa’s heart for Africa is quite contagious
Most awkward cultural blunder:
Probably living in London using words that have a completely different meaning!
Liz Emes
Administrator/Consultant Support
Liz Emes has over 20 years experience in leisure and corporate travel, hotel and car rental sales and conference sales.
Started working at MTG:
May 2010
Favourite place to visit:
The beaches, warm weather and the people of the Pacific Islands
Dream mission experience:
Six month volunteer experience in Africa
Most awkward cultural blunder:
I only took VERY short shorts and singlets in my luggage whilst on a three day stay in a Long House in Borneo. They had to lend me a couple of sarongs for my stay and I had to sleep at one end of the longhouse away from the kids! I was a fairly ignorant youth!
