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SHORT-TERM MISSION TRIPS: Impact on the Global south.

Why try a Mission trip.  Thirteen years ago, I joined a team that came from Intervarsity USA to do a short-term mission trip to Kenya. I was among the three Kenyans that joined 45 American students in a three-month short trip mission.  When I reflect, I can tell that this became part of the journey that has defined who I am becoming.   They posted me to Kakuma refugee camp with 2 other American girls and what I thought was a familiar mission seized being one immediately we reached the land, and everything was unfamiliar. Over the last 10 year  s, I have had an opportunity of leading many short-term mission trips. Benefits of Short-term mission trips 1.     Exposure to global issues affecting global missions: As a way of involvement in Global missions’ short-term mission trips from the west to third world countries. These trips have been very helpful in exposing many people to the realities of global issues and missions, which therea...