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5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Go on Mission Trips

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I am a full-time missionary. But I wasn’t always one. To serve full-time in the mission field was perhaps the hardest decision I have ever made in my life.
Ugandan school children with a girl on a mission trip

Uganda, where I have been called

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My name is Georgina and I’m 21 years old. I have been to Uganda, East Africa numerous times for missions. The main issue that struck me was the sheer poverty within the country.
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I Found Jesus through Computer Games

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I once worked in the IT industry and my life revolved around working, eating, sleeping, occasional outings with mum and close friends and lastly, gaming.
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When God said “Go!”

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My name is Esther. I’m 27 years old. I used to live in Bristol, England before moving to Colombia. I arrived in Bogota, Colombia on 14 January 2014 and will be here serving God until January 2015.
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3 Statements during Outreach that Stumped Me

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Two years ago, my church opened a class for non-believers to explore the beliefs of the Christian faith. In all honesty, we were not sure who would come.
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Why I Left Comfort and Stability for Cambodia

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In June this year, I made the decision to move from arguably the most beautiful place on earth, New Zealand, to hot, dusty, Cambodia. (Some background information about me—I’m 22 years old and I hold a bachelors degree.)
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What’s Gritty, Unpredictable and Intentional?

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It was close to 11 p.m. I had just finished leading a “challenging” night devotion with our young Cambodian friends about living a consistent life as a Christian.
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The stage we call “Social Media”

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“All the world’s a stage; and all the men and women merely players.” —William Shakespeare. Social media is a stage—one where we act out the identities we wish people around us to see.
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What’s up with #YOLO?

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Go! Do whatever you want to do because you only have one life to live. #YOLO. This proposition seems compelling. For it’s hard to disagree with the fact that you only live once.