John Simons

Short Term Missions

My son is almost 13. For the past couple of years, I have been looking for a good opportunity to take him on a short term missions trip. There are a number of reasons why I want to do this.

1. Global Perspective -For Josh, a bad day is when he doesn’t get to play on his XBox 360. I want him to gain a better perspective of what life is like for those in other cultures. Places where a good day is that you get to eat.
2. Passion for what God is doing - I think that seeing a group of Christians participate in sharing their faith will energize his excitement for what God is doing. He is active in our church plant, but I think there is always room for more passion.
3. Teach him to share his Faith - He invites people to church, but I don’t think that he has ever learned how to share his faith. That is probably quite the indictment of me as his father. I have probably not done a good job of modeling evangelism. I hope that the missions trip will help remedy that.
4. Model Missions within our Church - We are part of a small church. I think that we should model risk-taking in missions and evangelism. I have not done a great job of this. I am great at rolling up my sleeves and working, not so good at the inviting others part. I need to move outside of my comfort zone and stretch myself.

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