Anthony Sytsma

Excellent distinctions, thank you John.  I found this helpful.

Good post.  Mission trips can be done well.  I have critiqued them a lot, and rightly so.  But on the other hand, they were formative in my own life, and they can be formative for the communities as well if done well.  I hope that the Western churches can plan half as many or less short mission trips, but then those that they do could be done with very good preparation, a good strategy, and done with real partnership of the community.

Great post.  My thoughts exactly.  When we do start fundraising to go to another country, my hope is to get a few churches that we can grow a deep relationship with.

Great post Than.  Some really good thoughts there.  A good challenge for all us to think about how God has used and is using challenges in our lives that we would rather not have to deal with.