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    Charting a Path from Here to There InrropucTion (CRT, scows case hat In chapter 9 we told the story of Scott ‘Moreau’ call to ministry. Though the call to ministry was unexpected and dramatic, ‘the tug toward mission as the place where God would have him serve came much more slowly. Having 10 memory of being exposed to During his last year in college, announce- mentsinchapel about opportunitiestoteach In addition to the traditional path of in Nigeria came ona regular basis. God pro- vided the money for Scott tonttend the 1976 ||| —=—>——_— Urbana Conference in which over seventeen Theo enough about Saran to realize thousand college students joined together __that he will have all his weapons ready tolearn about mission. Thove he met with frdetermined representatives of several missionaty orgs missionary simpleton who expeed plain nizations to find out where he might 2 iia Eventually asmalf country in southern Africa, * going with an age: If you sense that God would have you in optionsare open, Many people: fulltime ministry ina cross-cultural setting, ca a that enable them to fi 190 Today there aremore choices than ever: In chapter 9 we saw that there is no single way God calls people into service. In chapter 10 ‘we saw that there are many ways to prepare reper napeenee eects Wiiocareneree ition. He would be a sailing in any work of God. James Frasers 10) ible to help by networking to send liefand development agencies enable those scrve needy communi- help around i the world, Some of the larger churches have been acting like mini-agencies, fund: ing and overseeing their own missionary forces. Before looking at those, however ‘we must detour long enough to explore an exploding phenomenon that many see as a contemporary bridge from here to there: short-term mission trips. Short-term trips are one of th@HOUEED ‘world Ss SS Iysmaller by the speed and relatively low cost of modern transporta- tion, coupled with the ease of making and Shorr-rerm work, whether roo weeks or ‘vo years, cam indeed be effective and pleasing God. Ye itcan casa lof imonew disrupt naional and missionaries, cncourag shorter hiking and | snselare some agains carer misions involvement. But done wel it can open partcpamts’ eves to the somerimesgrity realities ofthe world, make chem ansare of their own ethno-centnsm and the gifs and courage of non-Western belicvers, and spark belong commitment 10 tissions. he Bes cass, some real inglom mork gts done, 00. caGeieiers) maintaining contact with people serving all over the globe, have fueled this move- ment. There is so much going on in this CHARTING & PATH FROM HERE To THERE area that it merits special consideration in its own right, and we provide an analysis of this important phenomenon in chapter 17. At this point, we explore important is sues of short-term mission trips and how they might fit into training for long-term ‘The 2001-3 edition of the Missions Hand- book reported an increase of over $0 per- cent in the number of people embarking on short-term projects through mission agen- cies from 1996 to 1999, with over ninety- seven thousand people going (Moreau 2000¢, 34), This does not include the large numbers of others who go through local churches, schools, orontheirown. A wealth ‘of material has been developed and posted ‘on the Internet to prepare you for short-term missions and to help you navigate the paths available. For example, MisLinks Short Term Missions (wwew.mislinks orgipracticall shterm.htm) offers dozens of links to Web sites dedicated to short-term missions, and. isa good place to start your search ForNorth Americans, short-term mission projects are comparatively inexpensive ways to “test the waters" of mission service. They provide an opportunity to live in another culture, experience the ways people live in “other parts of the world, and be used of God to reach others for Christ. Short-term mission projects range from sports camps to construction to teaching (often English) to evangelism, Ifyour intention in ashort-term mission trip is to discover whether long-term mis sion is the direction you should be going, ‘you should consider several important fac- tors both in the trip you choose and in what you look for during the trip. Ifyou sense the desire to go withan agency for the long haul, it makes sense to “try out” the agency through a short-term trip. 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