Experience Mission Blog

If you're unsure about whether you should take a group of middle school students on a mission trip, let me start off by saying that it is sure to be a life-changing experience for you, your students, and the community where you serve. But where do you even begin?

I’m the foreigner and the outsider but they treat me like I am a part of the family.

During this time of life, mission trips can be an incredibly impactful way to challenge students and help them engage deeply with service at a local and global level — and that’s worth pursuing.

Kacy Cooper's family in the Bahamas are part of Saint Cleveland Baptist Church and are networked with several other churches in the East End area of Grand Bahama Island who are responding to the basic needs in their devastated community.

I fully understand the irony as I sit in my office supporting volunteer teams setting out for week-long trips to these very places I once refused to go.

This summer we are teaching Imago Dei or made in the image of God and going through all the characteristics of who God is.

However, God has a plan, and His plan always works out with the best solution and in the best timing. I think this is what He has been wanting me to hear all along:

When we listen, we are showing that we value what the person has to say, and in turn, it shows that we value and care for the person.

Sending support letters is a vulnerable step in committing to go, with faith that God will provide, but it can be intimidating to know exactly what to say. Here are 5 Things a mission trip support letter should include:

Being far from home has taught me a lot about what home really is to me.