The opportunities for short term mission trip work are better than ever. A good friend of mine is heading out with a team of 12 to Aizerbaijan, to preach and teach the Russian-speaking residents in the capital city of Bakur. It turns out that it is legal, in this mostly Muslim country, to preach/teach within a home of a non-Muslim ethnic Russian. So the Russian speakers, like the Macedonian of old, have invited these guys “to come over and help them.”
The catch is, travel costs are higher and everyone’s savings are lower. The answer to that is not to cancel the trip, rather, it is to work “smarter” and enlist a broader circle of friends to help underwrite the trip. This will get more people involved (and thus praying) in the work. Also, it’s the purest form of missionary work, since the term “missionary” comes from the Latin “misseo” (I send) and is a direct translation of the Greek “apostello” (”I send out for a purpose”).
Jim Walters
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