Twelve Insights from "The Guide to STM Workbook"

I was looking through my journal earlier, and I found something Debra, one of the STMers, gave me.

1. It is not the church of God that has a mission in the world, but the God of mission who has a church in the world.
2. That which is yet to be done in the world is far less that that which has already been done!
3. People are more alike than their cultures.
4. Love is the universal language.
5. Short-term mission is a treasure hunt.
6. In cross-cultural encounters we are meeting long-lost, distant relatives.
7. God goes before you- you are catching up on a conversation that God has already begun.
8. God does not send us to be critics.
9. In the treasure hunt of grace, our encouragmenet and affirmation of people may be our most significant ministry.
10. Our privilege is to lift Jesus up in deed and word.
11. The quality of our love as a team and our incorporation of new team members may be our greatest witness.
12. God will not call us to do something without also giving us the resources to do it.