adventurescga-blogs Apr 20, 2007 8:00 PM

Does Short Term Missions Really Work? - Part One.

I have been on an infinite number of mission trips.  As a teenager, I spent all of my summers abroad, leading people to the Lord, sharing abou...

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I have been on an infinite number of mission trips.  As a teenager, I spent all of my summers abroad, leading people to the Lord, sharing about Jesus, and falling more in love with the Lord myself.  However, I´ve often wondered if that really works.  I´ve often wondered if these people who so quickly want Jesus, really want Jesus, or are just saying it to please the Americans. 

Five years ago I took a trip with 20 other college students.  We went to Lima, Peru to plant ten churches.  Since we left I´ve heard varying rumors about what has happened.  There was one lady in particular I wondered about - Segundina.  She was the first lady we met; she had pancreatic cancer and we prayed for her.  Later the church we helped plant met at her house.

So when I found out we were returning to Lima on the World Race, I knew I would return to Segundina´s  to check on her and the church.  The media team decided to cover our reunion (if she was still alive) as well and last Monday we ventured out in search of Segundina...

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