International Missions Survey Please Select the Answer that best describes your current status. Demographics 1.

Gender: 2. Current Age: 3. Marital Status: Single 4. Children: Yes Married No Divorced Widowed Separated Male 18-27 Female 28-37 38-47 48-57 58+

5. If so, how many? __________________ 6. Grandchildren: Yes No

7. If so, how many?__________________ 8. Country of Birth: __________________________________________________ 9. Country you currently reside in: ______________________________________ 10. If living outside of your home country, what is your current status in that country? Citizen Permanent Resident Visa Other ________

11. Please list the highest level of education you have completed. High School Degree (or equivalent) Associates Degree (or some certication) Bachelor!s Degree Master!s Degree Post-Graduate Degree

Background Information 12. How long was your mission assignment? If currently serving please list the duration of your intended stay. _________________________________________________ 13. If your assignment is completed, how long have you been home? ______________ 14. Where did you serve? (If more then one location, please list all countries served.) __________________________________________________________________ 15. Did you complete any cultural or missions training prior to your mission assignment? " Yes No

16. If yes, please describe the training you received. ___________________________ 17. Did you complete any language training prior to your mission assignment? Yes No

18. Did you communicate with family/friends/support group during your assignment?" Yes No

19. If yes, how did you communicate? (Please select all those that apply) Phone Email Social Media Video Mail

20. What was the frequency of your communication? Daily Weekly Monthly Yearly

21. Prior to your mission assignment, had you traveled outside the country before? (i.e. business trip, vacation, mission trips) Yes No

22. If yes, please describe the nature of your visits. ___________________________ 23. During your mission assignment what was the frequency of visits to your home country? Never Once Yearly Twice Yearly 3+ yearly

24. If your mission is completed how effective do you believe your assignment was? Very Effective Effective Slightly Effective Not Effective

25. Do you believe that your mission assignment affected your spiritual relationship with Christ? (select one of the following) " Increased my spiritual walk Somewhat increased my spiritual walk Did not affect my spiritual walk Somewhat decreased my spiritual walk Decreased my spiritual walk 26. Did you participate in Bible devotions during your mission assignment? Never 27. Daily Weekly Monthly

Did you participate in individual prayer time during your mission assignment? Never Daily Weekly Monthly

28. How did you receive nancial support? Local Church Regional Funding National Funding Self

29. What additional types of support do you receive? (Please check all that apply) Spiritual Support Communication In person visits

30. What was the reason for your return to your home country? Financial Medical End of Assignment Other

31. In your own words, please describe what your reentry experience was like. _______ ______________________________________________________________________

32. Did you receive any type of debrieng upon your return? If yes, explain. ___________________________________________________________________ 33. How would you rate your reentry back into your home culture? Very easy Somewhat easy Slightly hard Very hard

34. Prior to your return home, did you make any reentry preparations for you or your family? If yes, what type of arrangements did you make? __________________________________________________________________ 35. If your mission stay occurred without your spouse what, if any, affect did this separation have on your marriage? Affected Slightly Affected Did not Affect

36. Upon your return, did you experience any of the following? (please select all those that apply) Anger/ Resentment Euphoria/Excitement Frustration (i.e. with family, friends, sending agency) Heightened spiritual awareness Apathy (i.e from family/friends/community) Negative reactions to western materialism Feelings of accomplishment Homesickness for host country Feelings of loneliness/isolation A more intense spiritual relationship with Christ Feeling out of place in your current community Comparing host values/beliefs to the home culture " Renewed motivation for church involvement Desire for higher education or continued training

37. Rate the following based on the intensity in which you experienced them. 1= little to no affect " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " 2 = some affect " " " " 3 = moderate affect " " " " " " " 1 1 1 1 1 1 " " " 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 = major affect 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Anger/ Resentment"" Euphoria/Excitement "

Frustration (i.e. with family, friends, etc.)"" Heightened spiritual awareness " "

Apathy (i.e from family/friends/community) " Negative reactions to western materialism" Feelings of accomplishment " Homesickness for host country Feelings of loneliness/isolation" " " " " " "

A more intense spiritual relationship with Christ Feeling out of place in your current community " Comparing host values/beliefs to the home culture " Renewed motivation for church involvement " " Desire for higher education or continued training "

38. Please provide any information you believe would be helpful to this study.