May 24: "A Community of the Broken"

What will it take for our trip to be a step in the right direction - both for us at Crossroads and for the church as a body?

I think that for us to be in the right direction we have to be loving, patient, humble, flexible, willing to serve, and open-minded. We can't let our team be fragmented, divided, nor ineffective! If we want to set an example to that church we gotta be united and I think that as a church we do a pretty good job at that, even though we have so many cultures mixed up.

Why is it important that our short-term missions trip be more than "sanctified tourism"? What will it take to keep ours from becoming a kind of tourism?

For our mission trip not to become a "sanctified tourism" we have to leave behind our comfort zone and also leave behing our selfish nature and just go and spend time with the people, do whatever they want to do, love them and serve them too obviously and of course just be Jesus to them. It is not about us, it is about them and about God.

What other ideas or quotes from this article struck you?

There is one satement I liked a lot and it says: " Many in WMF (Word Made Flesh) have found that giving up the freedon that comes with the developed world in order to offer the freedom that comes with knowing Christ is hardly a sacrifice" I just love it because it is a truth for me and for my live.