mission trips, have u been to one?? |
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 Jul 7 2005, 09:22 PM
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 [SheRRi_BeRRi]  Group: Member Posts: 344 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,454  |
i have no idea where to put this topic so if you think that i put it in the wrong place, feel free to move it...but anyways
i just got back from a mission trip to the Philippines. I spent two weeks there with my youth group and we called ourselves the L.I.F.E. team (L.I.F.E. stands for living in faith eternally). it was an awesome experience and i plan on going to many other mission trips in the future. i was just wondering tho...have any of you guys been on a mission trip before?? I just think its great to travel and spread more of God's love 
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Jul 7 2005, 09:24 PM
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Your signature is vertically too large! The maximum is 300px.
 I passed up on a Mexico mission trip to Tijuana a few years ago. Never was into that missionary-religion stuff. |
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Jul 7 2005, 09:25 PM
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[SheRRi_BeRRi] Group: Member Posts: 344 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,454 |
whoops, ill change it
sorry about that ^^;; |
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Jul 7 2005, 09:26 PM
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 oh look its emily! Group: Member Posts: 512 Joined: Jun 2005 Member No: 158,226 |
nope not yet. but one of my old teachers went did one during school days. he went to mexico and then to Iran.....
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Jul 7 2005, 09:27 PM
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I've never been one of those. Sounds interesting though.
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php...7931&hl=mission Isn't that kind similar to this topic? |
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Jul 7 2005, 09:30 PM
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[SheRRi_BeRRi] Group: Member Posts: 344 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,454 |
^ yup that is similar
church mission, mission trip...same thing. |
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Jul 7 2005, 10:03 PM
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Ive never really thought about being a missionary, seems kind of boring and annoyin.. but KUDOS to you
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Jul 7 2005, 10:23 PM
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I've never been to one before. I've been invited to one but I didn't go.
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Jul 7 2005, 10:25 PM
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No. But that sounds pretty cool though.
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Jul 7 2005, 10:27 PM
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No....they sound pretty interesting
I'm glad you did it for the Philippines 1. I'm Filipino and 2. Philippines are having trouble their there are people there who don't have homes that starve and all of that stuff... |
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Jul 7 2005, 10:28 PM
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 je suis une noix de coco <33 Group: Member Posts: 1,242 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 62,768 |
sounds cool
but u doubt i would ever go on one |
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Jul 7 2005, 10:35 PM
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QUOTE(FroZenCloud104 @ Jul 7 2005, 10:27 PM) No....they sound pretty interesting I'm glad you did it for the Philippines 1. I'm Filipino and 2. Philippines are having trouble their there are people there who don't have homes that starve and all of that stuff...  you have no idea how poor it is down there....even the ghetto areas across america is better in comparison with the filipino makeshift homes. its so poor down there that they charge you to use the public restrooms and they charge you toilet paper also. coming back to the states has really made me count my blessings, after what i saw in the Philippines. |
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Jul 7 2005, 10:37 PM
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QUOTE(ShEraBaRoO @ Jul 7 2005, 11:35 PM) you have no idea how poor it is down there....even the ghetto areas across america is better in comparison with the filipino makeshift homes. its so poor down there that they charge you to use the public restrooms and they charge you toilet paper also. coming back to the states has really made me count my blessings, after what i saw in the Philippines. Oh wow a lot of things has happened their, because the last time I was their I was 5 and now I'm 13 I really didn't rmember much tho....I've seen a lot of stuff on the Filipino news, awww I feel bad I just can't believe they have to charge them to use the bathroom. |
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Jul 7 2005, 10:39 PM
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What exactly would you consider a mission trip?
Because a lot of people consider it different things, so I just want to know before answering. =P |
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Jul 7 2005, 10:44 PM
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well, this was my very first mission trip and from what i experienced, its just basically spreading the gospel...what we did in this mission was we performed some drama skits and a dance that we practiced in preparation for the trip. we used these to minister out to the people. then we did our testimonies, in which we talked about how we came to know God.
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Jul 7 2005, 10:46 PM
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Oh.... that's.... quite something......
another question: Is the point of going conversion? |
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Jul 7 2005, 10:50 PM
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were not trying to convert them... down there, the filippinos are hardcore catholics and we had to be careful of what we did to not offend them or even attack us... we just simply talked about God's love and left it at that. when they do decide to be christians, we introduce them to pastors that will help them in their spiritual development. these pastors make up a community of churches that are planted across the Philippines
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Jul 7 2005, 10:56 PM
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Sounds like conversion to me. Just in different words.
"Help them in their spiritual development".... eh, for those that don't have a religion or even one's that do, just not yours. Anyways, that's what I basically don't find attractive in Christianity, even though I'm Orthodox. BUT, glad you had fun in the Philippines anyways. =] |
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Jul 7 2005, 11:03 PM
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well thank you, i did have alot of fun there, and plan on going back ^^
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Jul 7 2005, 11:05 PM
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whenever my youth group has one, i always make up an excuse not to go. they went to san diego last year. this year its new mexico i think.
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Jul 7 2005, 11:11 PM
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NO! My friends tell me all the time how they go and re-build homes for elderly people or just people who dont have the money or materials to redo their old house... and it really is something I want to be apart of. It sounds so fun. I wanna try to do something like that, maybe go with a friend. Idk...
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Jul 7 2005, 11:28 PM
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[SheRRi_BeRRi] Group: Member Posts: 344 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,454 |
thats what my friend Vanessa did when she went to Uganda last summer. she helped build a home for a needy family
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Jul 8 2005, 02:00 AM
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My youth group went on a trip to Mongolia, but I never went. I was out of town or something, it was a few years back.
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Jul 8 2005, 02:06 AM
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I WANT TO GO TO ONE!!!!! my youth is called IGNITE!!!!
eeeeee.. on a high... i just came back from youth camp!!!!!! |
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Jul 8 2005, 02:19 AM
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trust me, im fightin temptations. Group: Member Posts: 399 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 120,414 |
nope i've never been to a mission trip. but i've been to the philippines though for vacation, good lord some people live less than a dollar a day over there.
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