Mission Videos: expectation vs reality.
There are thousands of mission videos and images out there. Some help a ministry, many do nothing, a few go viral. Then there are the...
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Lisa Beiderwieden
5 min read
Mission Trip Rules – Trusting in the Dark
Todays guest post is by Lisa Beiderwieden. Lisa is the Manager of Missionary Care for the Evangelical Free Church of Canada. As a mission...
Mark Crocker
3 min read
Nine Secrets to Working With Translators
If you involved in short term mission, eventually you will yourself in front of an audience working with translators. A great translator...
Kathy Mizen
2 min read
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 host in Honduras, if you are...
Mark Crocker
4 min read
Are these the 14 Worst STM Mission Report Cliches of all time?
In the world of short term mission it is the reponsiblity of a team member to return home and “Share a few words” with their sending...
Mark Crocker
1 min read
Is STM a Waste of Time? Check the Barometer
If you are wondering is STM a waste of time, you are asking the right question. How do you know if your Short Term Mission is good or...
Mark Crocker
2 min read
Why good STM leaders need training and bad leaders don’t
When I tell people I coach people to become good STM leaders (awesome at international mission) I get a few common reactions. Cool – I...
Mark Crocker
3 min read
Bob Geldof is Pimping the Poor.
Bob raised an amazing amount of money for a problem that the world was trying hard to ignore. I have to heartily applaud him. The problem is
Mark Crocker
3 min read
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 bad press because of the...
Mark Crocker
3 min read
How to Raise Money – 3 Tips from Rich Volunteers
Margot (not her real name) wanted to work internationally, she had the skills, organizations wanted her, so Margot needed to quickly...
Mark Crocker
4 min read
The second worst way to think about the poor.
When I think about the poor I am reminded of the time I was in the middle of a boring class and unfortunately I was the teacher. It’s a...
Mark Crocker
3 min read
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 the local people...
Mark Crocker
3 min read
A Simple Trick to Learn a New Language Fast!
I was talking with a volunteer and our talk began to literally revolve around talk. We wondered how some people seem to learn a new...
Mark Crocker
2 min read
5 Secret Skills to Becoming a Travel Virtuoso
What is the difference between a tourist and a traveller? A traveller has learned how to take the stress of travel and make it work for...
Mark Crocker
2 min read
The Fatal Flaw to Understanding Culture
A few years ago I was in India and I met a travel writer for Outdoor magazine. We chatted about life, travel, writing. I was a little...
Mark Crocker
2 min read
89 reasons why you think about poverty the way you do
Pictures stick with us, sometimes for decades. For me it was the first time I went to Ethiopia, I knew the famine was long over, but...
Mark Crocker
3 min read
How Different Cultures Understand Time
We left our guesthouse just after 7 am because our host had told us that the high mountain road was under construction. There was only...
Mark Crocker
4 min read
How to Tell a Story so People Pay Attention
A number of years ago I met Foday. He was tall, lanky and busy. Always moving. His young sons would run to hang on him whenever he could...
Mark Crocker
3 min read
How language almost starved a 12 year old boy.
When I was a kid I went overnight camping with a group of other boys. We got into normal shenanigans. Lit fires. Chopped down trees. Got...
Mark Crocker
2 min read
The 11 people you meet in the boarding lounge.
Sitting in the boarding lounge before a trip to Haiti. We are on travel time. Not real time. A portal to elsewhere. Flight crew saunters...
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