On Tuesday nights in college I went to a weekly worship service at a Presbyterian church down the street. The Inn, as it’s named, puts together mission trips for Spring Break. Since April has come to a close, I decided to check out their website (www.theinnministries.org) to see where they went. Four out of the [...]
Does distance traveled play a role in how successful your mission trip is? Are you going to have a greater impact spiritually on those you serve if you go to Africa rather than Guatemala? To Guatemala rather than Mexico? Will you grow in the Lord more if you travel further?
Shortly after I arrived on the scene in Tijuana I was tasked with hosting a group that was down on a mission trip. Not knowing what that was I just rode around with them taking them to the different ministries we worked with in the city. As we drove from site to site [...]
It’s great to see gratitude in the form of payback.
Our church in Tijuana received a huge boost from help by Canadian Mennonites. Only six men came down from the prairies, but the boys knew how to swing a hammer. Work they did in spite of language confusion as commands and jokes were thrown [...]