Our Short Term Missions team is preparing to leave on Saturday, February 2 for Mexico City. We will be ministering to the Niños de México, an orphanage in Mexico City. Our work project is to build two or three steel playground sets for three different homes that the Niños kids live in. The playground equipment they had was built of wood and deteriorated quickly in the hot, dry environment of southern Mexico. We also hope to spend time with the children, loving them and encouraging them, as well as give support and encouragement to the Niños staff, who work day at night for the sake of these children
This is a picture of some of the kids we got to know when we were there last year.
This is a picture of some of the kids we got to know when we were there last year.Understandably some people may ask, why go on a short-term mission trip? Isn’t it expensive, couldn’t our money be used more effectively by just giving the orphanage the money? Isn’t it more like a vacation than a real mission?
That question can be answered by considering the return on the investment in terms of changed lives and a changed world. There are benefits to team members themselves, to the sending church, to the host missionary, to the host community, church or project. The cross-cultural team experience develops world Christians as it allows team members to see another culture as it really is…allowing God to experientially teach them and mold their lives.
There are many wonderful benefits for those who participate in a short term mission.
They are more likely to…
* Pray consistently with a real understanding and vision for world missions.
* Donate time and financial resources to missions.
* Become actively involved in church leadership as elders, deacons, Sunday school teachers, etc.
* Become involved in local community outreach.
* Become involved in local church and its ministry.
* Consider becoming a long-term missionary either now or in the future.
Lives are changed when we are willing to submit to the call of God and go to serve others who are in great need. When we give our lives in service, and see the need first hand, we become greater servants than ever before. And we begin to the see the world through God’s eyes like we never have before.
That question can be answered by considering the return on the investment in terms of changed lives and a changed world. There are benefits to team members themselves, to the sending church, to the host missionary, to the host community, church or project. The cross-cultural team experience develops world Christians as it allows team members to see another culture as it really is…allowing God to experientially teach them and mold their lives.
There are many wonderful benefits for those who participate in a short term mission.
They are more likely to…
* Pray consistently with a real understanding and vision for world missions.
* Donate time and financial resources to missions.
* Become actively involved in church leadership as elders, deacons, Sunday school teachers, etc.
* Become involved in local community outreach.
* Become involved in local church and its ministry.
* Consider becoming a long-term missionary either now or in the future.
Lives are changed when we are willing to submit to the call of God and go to serve others who are in great need. When we give our lives in service, and see the need first hand, we become greater servants than ever before. And we begin to the see the world through God’s eyes like we never have before.
Please be praying for our team as we serve in Mexico City, and pray for those we go to serve, that they will be encouraged and needs will be met.
Yours in Christ,
Yours in Christ,
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