19 DAYS TO LIFT OFF: ARE WE THERE YET?

Revelations 21: 23-24
The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and the Lamb is its lamp. The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.

This is Uncle Al again doing blog duties because the team missed out on the Friday blog. It's 19 days to our trip.

It's a trip like no other. A trip involves travelling to a place away from your home, and in this case, it means staying away for a designated time and then retuning home. Taking a trip removes you from your regular, everyday activities and temporarily forces your attention on other matters. The fact that a mission trip takes place elsewhere is significant, because the distractions and comforts you normally live with are temporarily replaced with new experiences. Confronting new surroundings and situations can be quite a challenge, both physically and mentally. So be prepared to shed your comforts.

We have specific plans on this trip. A mission trip is not merely a visit to another culture. Rather, a mission trip has a mission, a definite goal. Whether detailed or general, every mission trip has a specific plan. We have divided our team of 31 into three working groups and an HQ team. Each one has a specific plan. Are the groups ready with their plans?

Our mission trip will benefit specific peoples.  Although a mission trip is rewarding to the people participating, the mission itself is to benefit others. All human beings have needs, but those needs are not met equally across the globe. To go on a mission trip is to extend part of your abundance to meet someone else's need. The needs that mission trips seek to meet are many. On this trip we seek to meet the emotional, psychological and spiritual needs of a people often ravaged by natural disasters.

On this trip, we will be dealing with people otside our culture.

In a nutshell, our mission trip involves a trip (to Bicol) with specific plans (outreach works in schools and communities) to benefit specific people or groups (school children and the lonely) outside our culture.I ask once again: are you ready? It's 19 days to the trip, and it's time to buckle up and step up on your preparations. We hope to hear your plans in the coming week.