Archive for December, 2009

7 Reasons Why You Should Never Go On A Short-Term Mission Trip

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

Considering the pros and cons of making a short-term missions trip? Beware! Don’t plan anything until you’ve prayerfully considered these consequences of exposing yourself to cross-cultural missions.
1. It will distort your perception of the world! Seeing it through the plastic lenses of our society is sufficient. They may be distorted, but you are used to [...]

Illinois Church Makes October Visit

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

One of Welcome Home’s wonderful Partner churches, First Reformed of Lansing, IL, sent a short-term missions team to work with us in Vicente Guerrero at the end of October. Long-time friends of Welcome Home, Jerry Cassity, Ken Vanderhye, John Van Drunen, and Kristen Smit, were among the twelve team members we welcomed.
In preparation [...]