I know you may think...what in the world, isn't Katie Beth a leader and promoter of short term missions trips? Yes! I am..so read the following carefully:
7. It will distort your perception of the world! Seeing it through the plastic lenses of our society is sufficient. They may be distorted, but you are used to them! Do needlessly mess yourself up.
6. You could get sick or robbed! It's dangerous out there! Some places have a crime rate almost as high as our inner cities.
5. It will make you harder to live with! The way you view life and even your likes and dislikes are liable to change. Your friends and family probably won't understand or appreciate your sudden changes.
4. Afterwards you will feel awkward at some of the jokes and comments you currently enjoy. They will not seem as funny when you have seen life from the other side.
3. You will experience sadness you haven't felt before. After you see real suffering, you won't pay much attention to your complaining about how hard you've got it. You are even liable to feel guilty and uncomfortable about the nice things in your house and the food on your table. Stay home and stay comfortable!
2. You might lead someone to the Lord. I know that is a laudable goal, but it tends to cause excitement and further interest in Christian Service.
1. You could feel a pull towards going overseas again-for the adventure, of course. The problem is that you could slowly, subtly get sucked into thinking about being a missionary!
Hopefully you got the drift.:) Get out of your bubble, take a risk and do something to share the gospel!
The facetious information came from David Armstrong who served as a missionary and short term mission coordinator at OC International and is now the Director of Agency Services at Mission Data International.
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1 comment:
This is fantastic. Haha!
It's all very true though. Good thing all those effects are worth it. :)
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