tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16413529.post3175144703852543725..comments2023-09-03T06:38:13.721-04:00Comments on Crocker Chronicle: Are Short-Term Mission Trips A Thing Of The Past?scottmcrockerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12443168472392620197noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16413529.post-38838463001208899582012-06-29T20:26:35.283-04:002012-06-29T20:26:35.283-04:00Thanks for your comments, Tyshan and Kaye. You bot...Thanks for your comments, Tyshan and Kaye. You both have some good insights. Good short-term trips will not only have a lasting effect on those ministered to but those doing the ministering. If neither has any change a couple weeks after it happened, save the time and money and do something else.scottmcrockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12443168472392620197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16413529.post-23364685076280999502012-06-29T09:40:59.496-04:002012-06-29T09:40:59.496-04:00This is a great post, Scott. I'm glad to see ...This is a great post, Scott. I'm glad to see the recent discussion in several circles focused on evaluating the effectiveness of short-term missions. <br /><br />Like you I have seen both positive & negative effects of mission teams swooping in to do their thing. You ask good questions.<br /><br />There is also the whole issue of how a short-term mission project impacts the ongoing saga of disicpleship of the go-er. The author you quote mentions short-termers who never gives a dime upon return - a sad reality. Our hope has always been that for the team member, this experience should be just one more step (albeit a major one) in a life of obedience and increasing maturity. So we have tried to incorporate the kinds of questions & activities that stimulate ongoing change & growth. However, I've seen my share of mission trips that provided NONE of that kind of introspection or accountability.Kayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00835313616262359155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16413529.post-32824360107017207572012-06-28T10:01:42.930-04:002012-06-28T10:01:42.930-04:00This makes me think of Haiti. I really like your q...This makes me think of Haiti. I really like your questions as well. They were things we were told when we arrived in Haiti. I was already a little up in arms about this because I was dealing with the whole "white saviors coming to help the poor blacks" thing. I mean culturally this happens to us when people work in the inner city. The crazy part is that in Haiti they kept telling us, dont give out anything...you wont understand but we dont give out handouts we give hand ups. In my mind I was thinking...black people get this..but I realize it was a pride thing. Anywho, this is really good because I always think about how effective short term missions are. I mean the whole purpose of missionary is to go to a place find a "person of peace." Share the gospel with them, disciple them and train them to lead their own people. No handouts but hand ups. They know the culture far better than I and Im not going to impose my American lifestyle on another culture..American is not the best way contrary to popular belief, but these are excellent things to keep in mind as I seek to do more short term missions in other countries and even in different pockets in the U.S.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00663794160941118981noreply@blogger.com