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Preparation Time LineQualities of a Leader
A leader. What is he, or she? Such a question finds great relevancy in the world of the 1990s. People everywhere are looking for, even crying out for leaders. And nowhere is the cry more keenly heard than in the church of Jesus Christ. Consider the kind of leader you are, or hope to become. When you think of yourself as a leader (or potential leader),...
Preparing for a Mission Trip - Logistics
Taking a missions trip is usually a pretty big project. Each trip includes tracking loads of details, lots of dependencies and getting certain deliverables from other people for goods and services. In other words, it’s a big job. What may prove to be helpful is to break the project down into small segments. For instance, lets talk about pure logistics...
Making the Most of Short-term Experiences
God is using short-term mission experiences to deepen the commitment to world evangelization and ignite the love of God in new ways in the hearts of old and young people alike. While serving in another culture the short-term missionary sees first-hand some of the lostness of the world's peoples, and some of the hurts and needs in other cultures. As...
Asking The Hard Questions Of A Mission Agency
I am a firm believer in getting reference checks. For summer team leaders, for potential small group leaders and especially for mission organizations one might be planning on interacting with. Here are some reference questions I would ask.. I have also broken up the questions into two sets - one for the organization and one for the references they...
Support Letter Sample 2
Dear Friends and Family, Recently, the Lord opened up a wonderful opportunity for me to serve Him along side other people from my church. On June 16th we will be going on a short-term mission trip to Uganda, Africa. We will be coming back on June 28th. While we are there, we will work with missionaries as they remodel their office buildings and...
Bonding and the missionary task
Establishing a Sense of Belonging By E. Thomas Brewster and Elizabeth S. Brewster Provided By: Servants Asia "And the Word became Flesh and dwelt among us" (John 1:14). We have a new little boy who was born into our home just a few months ago. In preparing for his natural childbirth at home, we were introduced to the concept of bonding. In the animal world it is called imprinting. Most of...
Incarnational Ministry
"The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood." John 1:14 (The MESSAGE) Provided By: Servants Asia Living incarnationally among the poor, that is, living with them and as much like them as is practical for us, is controversial and nearly always has been. On the one hand, those who have shared lives with the needy, like Francis of Assisi, Dorothy Day (Catholic Worker),...
10 Ways to avoid becoming a missionary
A tongue-in-cheek look at some sure-fire ways to avoid becoming a missionary Ignore Jesus' request in John 4:35 that we take a long hard look at the fields. Seeing the needs of people can be depressing and very unsettling. It could lead to genuine missionary concern. (John 4:35 "Do you not say, `Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are...
Missions In The Old Testament
Genesis Genesis 1:28: God's command to Adam and Eve: ‘Be fruitful and increase in number, fill the earth and subdue it’ God had the vision of "To the end of the world! Genesis 9:1: God's command to Noah: ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth’ God had the vision of "To the end of the world! Genesis 12:1-3: The Abrahamic Covenant promises all nations will be blessed...
From A Missionary
I have been a missionary overseas for most of my adult life. I have had many short-term teams come through my home. I love short-term missions especially since God cemented His call on my own life through a short-term missions trip. They are valuable and very worth the time and effort. From the point of view of the missionary onsite there have been things that I wish I could...
10 Ways to Ruin a Short-term Mission Trip
Believe it or not, it's possible to have a bad short-term missions experience. Usually, this has less to do with the situation or organization than it does with the short-termer's own attitudes and expectations. To help you maximize your short-term experience, here's a checklist of what not to do. Keep narrowly focused on spiritual activities....
The Ten Commandments For ShortTermers
So you're ready for the Great Missionary Adventure. You've got your visa and your airline tickets, had the immunization tablets and shots, bought lots of film for your camera, and made some contacts with mission bases in your target country. You've heard about some short-term trips that didn't turn out quite as expected, but you're sure that this will...
Communicating with People Back Home
When you arrive in your host country invariably the question arises "How do I communicate with friends and family back home?" Methods will vary from country to country, but here are some basic guidelines. You will need to research which options are going to suit your situation best and what infrastructure there is in each country. Your own laptop...
Seven Tips for Language Learning
1. Exert yourself as a learner of the language. You cannot be reserved when trying to learn, you have to get out of your comfort zone and really desire to learn. 2. Listen, Listen, Listen. If you learn to listen and observe nationals you will begin to see how people in that culture communicate using body language and facial...
Health Precautions
Nothing can spoil a mission trip more quickly than sickness. Being sick altogether is not a pleasant feeling but being sick in a foreign culture away from your own bed is magnified. That is why you have to keep yourself healthy while on your trip. Here are some practical ways of staying healthy. Be physically fit before you leave. This will give...
Home Again!
How to survive and grow in your re-entry from a cross-cultural experience. Whether you went on a mission trip this summer or know someone who did, you might want to learn more about “re-entry”—what happens upon returning to your home culture. Re-entry culture adjustment is simply the transition back into one’s home culture after...
Lies and Truth
A good debrief helps untangle lies from the truth. Here's how: A few innocent little lies are one thing, but chances are, your mission trip participants have been sitting down to a veritable buffet of assorted prevarications and mendacity. In today's society, here are some of the more common garden-variety lies that many of them have already ingested:...
Types of Debriefs
There are three kinds of debrief and activities that appropriate for each. Instant debrief After a spate of ministry during the day, you process what God is doing on the spot. These should be done in groups of five or less. You want to check perceptions and feelings: "Did you see what I saw? How did you feel about it?" Daily debrief 100%...
Patterns of Re-entry
Alienation: "I can't relate to anything I experienced - I'm going to dismiss it all as a bad dream." Condemnation: "Americans are so materialistic and spoiled. I can't believe what a mess they are." Reversion: "I know the experience impacted me, but this old lifestyle of mine is calling my name right now." Integration: "I...
Why is debreifing so important?
Without a good debriefing, you've missed the point of a mission project. Debriefing connects the dots for participants, helping them to see what God is doing. Debriefing takes a mission trip out of the realm of spectator sport and makes life-change possible. It can take a young person who has been self-absorbed and distracted and click on spiritual...