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Short Term Missions: Coupling Education and Service

by Rhett Smith on July 16, 2008

This last March I led a team of 7 of us to Mexico City where we served with two of our partners Amextra and Partners in Hope. This was the second time that I took a team on this trip, and in all of my experiences in mission trips this has stood out as the [...]

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A Different Kind of Mission Trip

by Rhett Smith on April 2, 2008

I have been on a lot of mission trips and I have always learned a lot from them. But one of the nagging questions I have is regarding their effectiveness in encouraging and sustaining long term transformation. A lot of mission trips are about going into a place and performing a service project with little [...]

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Back in town…

by Rhett Smith on March 30, 2008

I just got back in town after 8 amazing days in Mexico City with some college students from UCLA. We served with two of our partenrs, Amextra and Partners in Hope. That was my second trip with these partners and it has continued to be life changing, especially this one. So I will be posting [...]

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