Mission Trip Preparation
Country-by-country cultural, language and safety preparation for short-term mission teams — reviewed and updated every month against current travel advisories and conditions.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Brazil
Arrive as a guest of a church that sends more missionaries than most countries receive.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Cambodia
Settle the orphanage question before you book — then learn the language, the history and the ground you are walking on.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Costa Rica
Arrive as a guest who did the homework — including an honest answer to "why Costa Rica?"
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic
Arrive as a guest who did the homework — the Spanish, the island’s hardest question, and the harm to avoid.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Ecuador
One small country, four different trips — and a security picture that changed. Arrive as a guest who did the homework.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Ghana
Arrive as a guest of a church that sends its own missionaries out — and learn the courtesies that carry you.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Guatemala
Arrive as a guest who did the homework — the culture, the language and the harm to avoid.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Haiti
Arrive as a guest who did the homework — the language, the faith, the history and the harm to avoid.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Honduras
Arrive as a guest who did the homework — the culture, the language, the risks and the harm to avoid.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to India
Arrive as a guest who did the homework — the languages, the faiths, the law and the harm to avoid.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Kenya
Arrive as a guest who did the homework — the culture, the language and the harm to avoid.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Mexico
Arrive as a guest who did the homework — the language, the faith already there, and the harm to avoid.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Nicaragua
Arrive as a guest who did the homework — the legal reality, the culture, the language and the harm to avoid.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Peru
Three countries in one, and all of them thin-aired — arrive as a guest who did the homework.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to the Philippines
Arrive as a guest who did the homework — the language, the respect words and the harm to avoid.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to South Africa
Arrive as a guest who did the homework — the history, the languages and the harm to avoid.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Tanzania
Arrive as a guest who did the homework — the culture, the language and the harm to avoid.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Thailand
Arrive as a guest in a Buddhist country — the language, the religion, the law and the harm to avoid.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Uganda
Arrive as a guest of a church that has been here longer than your denomination has sent teams.
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Preparing for a Mission Trip to Zambia
Arrive as a guest of a church that was here first, in a country that will tell you so politely.
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