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A growing number of people are finding that going on a
short-term mission trip helps deepen their spiritual
life. There is a great opportunity to serve, grow, and
plant spiritual fruit during our next trip!
We are starting to organize two upcoming trips!
For more information on how to participate,
please contact Tammy Davison at:
tammy@faithinactionint.org
Seven Reasons Why You Should Never Go on a Short-term
Mission Trip
by David Armstrong at
www.ShortTermMissions.com
1. It will distort
your perception of the world! Seeing it
through the plastic lenses of our society is sufficient.
They may be distorted, but you are used to them! Don’t
needlessly mess yourself up.
2. You could get sick
or robbed! It’s dangerous out there! Some
places have a crime rate almost as high as our inner
cities.
3. It will make you
harder to live with! The way you view life
and even your likes and dislikes are liable to change.
Your friends and family probably won’t understand or
appreciate your sudden changes.
4. Afterwards you
will feel awkward at some of the jokes and
comments you currently enjoy. They will not seem as
funny when you have seen life from the other side.
5. You will
experience sadness you haven’t felt before.
After you see real suffering, you won’t pay much
attention to your complaining about how hard you’ve got
it. You are even liable to feel guilty and uncomfortable
about the nice things in your house and the food on your
table. Stay home and stay comfortable!
6. You might lead
someone to the Lord. I know that is a
laudable goal, but it tends to cause excitement and
further interest in Christian Service.
7. You could feel a
pull towards going overseas again—for the
adventure, of course. The problem is that you could
slowly, subtly get sucked into thinking about being a
missionary!
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