Due May 10

The second part of "Round Trip" is all about the things we bring and the things we leave behind - physical, emotional, and spiritual. On Sunday we watched chapter 2 and talked about the things we bring, the things we pack, and the lifestyle statements made by those things. We'll be talking more about those things in future sessions.

Last week you reflected on the assumptions - the mindset, or "mental baggage" - we bring with us into this experience. This week we're going to add to the mental baggage by talking about objectives and outcomes: in other words, what do we want participants to experience on this trip, and how do we hope this trip makes participants different?

For this week's assignment you need the "CBC Philosophy of short-term missions: Objectives & Outcomes” documents. These are part of the pink handout you received last week. It’s also posted here at the blog under “March.”

*Read through the Outcomes - the ideas we hope you internalize for having been part of this experience. Choose one of the ideas (outcomes) about which you feel strongly. Explain what it means to you, and write a post about why you feel this is an important idea for Christians to understand.

*Read through the Objectives - the experiences we hope you have during this trip and the preparation. Choose three (of the bullet points) that you hope you have. Write a post explaining what you hope happens to you and why you want it to happen.

*Taking your Outcome post and your Objectives post together, write a third post summarizing how you hope this short-term experience affects you, changes you, shapes you, molds you. Be as specific and detailed as you are comfortable.