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<\/a>If you are interested in being a part of our work here and want to come down as a team, a family or an individual. There are a few things you should know. Take a look at the Team Guide and then get in contact with us so that we can get you on the calendar.\n
\nMission Team Guide<\/a><\/p>\n
Once you have spent some time down here with us, we’d like your feedback, so please click on the feedback form and give us your two cents. We want to continue to improve our team experiences and your comments will help. Thanks!<\/p>\n
Mission Team Feedback Form<\/a><\/p>\n The Danger of Being Safe – Consider this as you wrestle with the idea of being a\u00a0 short term or long term missionary.\u00a0\u00a0 David Platt during the 2013 Verge conference said this:<\/p>\n … \u201cI think about two families that we just sent out last month, one moving to the heart of the Middle East, the other moving to the heart of Central Asia, both among extremely difficult, dangerous to reach people groups. And one of these husbands tells our church, \u2018Some of you think we\u2019re being reckless.\u2019 And he\u2019s sitting there with his wife, his two young kids going to the heart of the Muslim Middle East\u2026He looked at our church and he said, \u2018I think we\u2019re in far greater danger of being safe<\/a> than we are reckless in contemporary Christianity\u2026\u2019 Followers of Christ, we do not bow at the alter of safety in this world! We die to self. We die to sin. We risk our lives in obedience to Him! This is what it means to follow Him. To follow Jesus is to hold loosely to the things of this world: Comfort, careers, possessions, positions, family, friends, safety, ourselves. To cling tightly to the person of Christ and the mission of His Kingdom! Now that may sound extreme to some, but don\u2019t forget who the \u2018me\u2019 is here. To leave behind, to lay down, abandon everything in your life doesn\u2019t make sense until you realize who Jesus is. But when you realize who He is, when you realize who Christ the King is, leaving behind, laying down, abandoning everything in our lives is the only thing that makes sense\u2026Brothers and sisters, we have found in this King someone who is worth loosing everything for.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0The Seven Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Mission<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 1. GOD-CENTEREDNESS 2. EMPOWERING PARTNERSHIPS 3. MUTUAL DESIGN 4. COMPREHENSIVE ADMINISTRATION 5. QUALIFIED LEADERSHIP 6. APPROPRIATE TRAINING 7. THOROUGH FOLLOW-UP Because of our partnership with many churches in the United States, we get to host teams here in Guatemala. In many ways our teams help us to go farther and faster with our work. If you are interested in being … Continue reading
\nAn excellent short-term mission seeks first God\u2019s glory and his kingdom, and is expressed through our:
\nPurpose \u2014 Centering on God\u2019s glory and his ends throughout our entire STM process
\nLives \u2014 Sound biblical doctrine, persistent prayer, and godliness in all our thoughts, words, and deeds
\nMethods \u2014 Wise, biblical, and culturally-appropriate methods which bear spiritual fruit<\/p>\n
\nAn excellent short-term mission establishes healthy, interdependent, on-going relationships between
\nsending and receiving partners, and is expressed by:
\nPrimary focus on intended receptors
\nPlans which benefit all participants
\nMutual trust and accountability<\/p>\n
\nAn excellent short-term mission collaboratively plans each specific outreach for the benefit of all
\nparticipants, and is expressed by:
\nOn-field methods and activities aligned to long-term strategies of the partnership
\nGoer-guests’ ability to implement their part of the plan
\nHost receivers’ ability to implement their part of the plan<\/p>\n
\nAn excellent short-term mission exhibits integrity through reliable set-up and thorough administration for all
\nparticipants, and is expressed by:
\nTruthfulness in promotion, finances, and reporting results
\nAppropriate risk management
\nQuality program delivery and support logistics<\/p>\n
\nAn excellent short-term mission screens, trains, and develops capable leadership for all participants, and is
\nexpressed by:
\nCharacter \u2014 Spiritually mature servant leadership
\nSkills \u2014 Prepared, competent, organized, and accountable leadership
\nValues \u2014 Empowering and equipping leadership<\/p>\n
\nAn excellent short-term mission prepares and equips all participants for the mutually designed outreach,
\nand is expressed by:
\nBiblical, appropriate, and timely training
\nOn-going training and equipping (pre-field, on-field, post-field)
\nQualified trainers<\/p>\n
\nAn excellent short-term mission assures debriefing and appropriate follow-up for all participants, and is
\nexpressed by:
\nComprehensive debriefing (pre-field, on-field, post-field)
\nOn-field re-entry preparation
\nPost-field follow-up and evaluation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"