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No Ordinary Summer: Real Life College Missions vs. Summer Camp Counselor

Posted 02.23.2011

Oh, the joys of summer camp – color wars, arts & crafts, food fights and quality time with the swimming pool… If you’re a camper, that is. When you’re one of the camp counselors, probably no…

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It’s Not Summer Camp: High School Missions Trips

Posted 02.18.2011

Spring’s almost here and that means summer will soon follow. And for many of you, summer means Christian camp. You close your eyes, and you can clearly see the sign, “Camp [Insert Native A…

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No Ordinary Summer: Real Life College Missions vs. Internship or Summer School

Posted 02.17.2011

If you’re a college student, chances are you’re in the thick of midterms. You can hardly wait for spring break. Before you know it, you’ll hit finals then school will be out for the summer. May…

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The End of Short Term Missions As We Know It?

Posted 02.16.2011

That’s great. It starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes and aeroplanes… -REM, “It’s the End of the World” Lately, there seems to be a lot of criticism about the effectiveness of shor…

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Are You Unemployed if Not Working for God?

Posted 02.15.2011

As a short-term missions organization, we often minister with people who are torn between their careers and a calling to missions. For some, the calling came later in life — once they had a house an…

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Real Life: Learning to Love

Posted 02.12.2011

While out on the field, Real Life participants learn the true meaning of love. As this semester’s participants enter the second month, they begin to learn what being called to love really looks like…

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It’s Not Too Late to Sign Up for a Short Term Mission Trip

Posted 02.11.2011

It may be hard to believe, but school’s been back in session for more than a month and time definitely seems to be passing by quickly! Before you know it summer will be here. There will be fun summe…

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World Race: Through the Fire

Posted 02.10.2011

It started off as a typical day off for a team on the World Race in the Dominican Republic. They had plans to go to dinner and were running late. But what started as a typical day soon turned into an…

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Why Go On a Short Term Mission Trip?

Posted 02.04.2011

When I first met a friend of mine, who is now a long term missionary in the Philippines, she told me her heart for missions began on a short term mission trip to New Orleans. She’s not the only long…

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Real Life: Learning True Community on a College Age Mission Trip

Posted 02.03.2011

One of the core things we like participants in each of our programs to experience is a feeling of deep community. For our college aged students participating in Real Life this spring, the goal…

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Short Term Missionaries as Bridge Builders

Posted 02.02.2011

The question of whether short term missionaries actually make a lasting impact is not only a popular one, but one that’s legitimate. Karl Dahlfred (M.Div, Gordon-Conwell) is a missionary with OMF Int…

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Prayer on a Mission Trip: Asking the Lord in Philly

Posted 02.01.2011

We have a practice that is unique to our ministry called listening prayer. In our training, we teach you how to listen to God and respond to what he is saying. This is more challenging for some than…

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