Sometimes we do short term Jesus' style. We pair them up and send them out for a few days early on with next to no money and invite them to trust Jesus for housing and meals, looking for men and women of peace with whom to stay. This works in hospitality oriented cultures and especially if students have some language skill. Obviously we also have to be picky with whom we select.
Mostly it is just doing a good job of orientation and debriefing and giving students opportunity to live among the people. Again, many short term missions accept most anyone who applies. You have to exercise the right to say "no" to applicants.
Thanks Gene. One of my friends led a short term trip and actually was asked by a local Ixil group in Guatemala to help them tear down a structure built by a previous group. They neither asked for it nor wanted it, but they received the "gift" of this building graciously, I was an imposed blessing, which is rarely ever a blessing at all.
Certainly there are serious problems with short term mission. They have become an industry unto themselves. Nonetheless, it is a form which I think possesses great potential.
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Mostly it is just doing a good job of orientation and debriefing and giving students opportunity to live among the people. Again, many short term missions accept most anyone who applies. You have to exercise the right to say "no" to applicants.
Certainly there are serious problems with short term mission. They have become an industry unto themselves. Nonetheless, it is a form which I think possesses great potential.
Thanks for your comment.
Scott