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Sep 2014
25 Ways to Process Your Summer Mission Trip
- Send detailed thank you letters to your supporters.
- Talk honestly about your experience to trusted friends.
- Pray for clarity about how to serve at home.
- Pray for the people you met on the field.
- Write in your journal.
- Make a Pressie to share with your church family.
- Debrief with your team members, as many times as needed.
- Ask questions of leaders and other people you respect.
- Make a plan for answering the question, “How was your trip?”
- Blog.
- Share your photos and stories via social media.
- Create tangible reminders – souvenirs, printed photos, etc.
- Write poetry.
- Stay in touch with the missionaries you served with.
- Extend grace to yourself and others.
- Ask for help if you’re struggling to re-acclimate.
- Catch up on your sleep, healthy eating, and exercise.
- Read over your notes or journal from the trip.
- List ways God has confirmed strengths and exposed weaknesses.
- Be careful not to exaggerate your experience.
- Cook a meal you ate regularly on the field.
- Volunteer in your neighborhood.
- Fast and pray.
- Consider hard questions of poverty, economic inequity, culture, and justice.
- Read country-specific nonfiction and/or fiction books.
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