After the Trip Is Over: Making Short-Term Mission Trips Better
We sat on the steps of our lodging in Guatemala cutting fresh pieces of mango to devour in between playing games of soccer on the nearby field. My friends and I had just experienced a week of ministering in orphanages and helping a local church serve their neighborhood in Guatemala City. I was a senior in high school on my first overseas mission trip, and I had the thought, “This might be as close to heaven as I’ll ever get on earth.”