Secret thoughts your short term mission host has when they meet you
Today I want to introduce a guest post from Kathy Mizen. Kathy is one of our favourite short term mission …
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Should I stay or should I go? the tension of short term mission trips
Today I want to introduce a guest post from Kara Bergstrom. Kara is the Director of Intercultural Studies at Columbia Bible …
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Is “I want to go” good enough for STM travellers?
What’s your real motive … Some people are concerned that their desire is not a good enough reason to go. …
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War: What Does it Mean to You?
The Result of War Summer, 2009 I shot some short video interviews with dozens of people at a food distribution at five war-affected …
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Africa is a Country II: people got angry, you’ll never guess why!
Last week I started up a war. I wrote a controversial post about the country of Africa and said that due to …
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The Country of Africa: 10 Astounding Facts (#6 will break your brain!)
The country of Africa is receiving a lot of bad press during this time of CRISIS OUTBREAK of EBOLA (the …
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Why “Just Send Money” Might Be A Terrible Idea
Shouldn’t we just send money to fix the world? “Why do we waste all that time and effort sending volunteers …
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Short Term Mission Safety – When Militants Want to Kill You
My brother was working in Pakistan in an area where terrorist attacks have become commonplace. He was there to aid …
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Should Anyone Care For the Poor?
We were on our way to care for the poor. We were up a mountain. Our truck had made the …
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