Preparing for a mission trip

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• Preparing for a mission trip

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Purpose

• We want to be intentional.
• Move the experience from good to great.
• Ignite the passion of the adult leaders.
• We want students to live the mission life.

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• 10 keys to leading
• a mission trip

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1 Going is not enough

• We must be intentional with a students mission
  experience in order to see transformational
  change happen.

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2 Be a trip mentor

• So often we think as adults that our job is to
  run the trip but it is not. Our job is develop
  relationships with students in order to challenge
  their spiritual lives.
• 100 questions

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3 Purpose Have preset goals

• What do you want your students to look like when
  they return?
• What is each students greatest need?

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4 Inspire spiritual growth

• Be intentional about spiritual growth.
• Mission trips are a great place for students to
  depend on God.
• Mission trips are a great place to teach
  spiritual disciplines.
• Mission trips are a great place for students to
  see their need for God.

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5 Find teachable moments

• Teachable moments happen when
• Students are fully engaged in the ministry.
• Students are in relationship with staff.
• Students are going through failure.
• Students have bought into challenge.
• Students understand that you love them.

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6 Challenge students

• How to use challenge to change students
• Challenge from the top.
• Challenge the good.
• Ask questions Is there a better way?
• Challenge is different for everyone.
• Mix challenge with grace.

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7 Get sleep

• Trips become ineffective as team members become
  tired.
• Students cant be challenged if they havent had
  enough sleep.

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8 Add value to your adult volunteers

• Help adults understand their role.
• Encourage adults to participate in everything .
• Help adults understand how they are wired.
• Make sure adults are at all meetings.
• Challenge adults with goals.

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9 Boundaries Love

• Begin now to raise the level of expectation.
• Be clear about conduct.
• Dont give students what they want but instead
  give them what they need.

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10 Stay connected to God

• You cant impart what you do not have.