I want to do something next summer (or during the school year, doesn’t matter) and get involved in international outreach mission work. Next summer I’ll be a junior in highschool, so I don’t know what’s available to me or how to find a organization. I know I can get better information from my church and everything, but right now I’m just sifting my options and figuring out how to find a group or organization to go with, where it’s going, and what I’ll be expected to do… be it relational, physical or aiding. I’m in southern Oklahoma/texoma area, if that helps.

Find one that actually goes to help people, not just as a religious selling tool.

I want to do something next summer (or during the school year, doesn’t matter) and get involved in international outreach mission work. Next summer I’ll be a junior in highschool, so I don’t know what’s available to me or how to find a organization. I know I can get better information from my church and everything, but right now I’m just sifting my options and figuring out how to find a group or organization to go with, where it’s going, and what I’ll be expected to do… be it relational, physical or aiding. I’m in southern Oklahoma/texoma area, if that helps.
I homeschool so I am not connected with any school.
Price is no deterrent… neither is whatever labor is involved. God will send me where he wants me, regardless of the details.

you really will find the best information at your church. I’m going on my church’s high school mission trip this summer. keep in mind that they are expensive though. I’m going to one in-state and it’s over $300. you will be expected to build houses, feed people, etc. sometimes groups may do stuff like put on a VBS for the kids. good luck!!

*edit* Joel Osteen’s church is called Lakewood Church, but it’s in Houston. Lakewood, Texas is near Dallas

I need to raise a few thousand dollars for my India mission trip. any good sponsors that you can think of? thanks for all your help
Yes i do believe Christ died for our sins. I believe Christ is the only way to salvation. I belong to a Bible church and serve with the kids. the India Mission trip i am going to be apart of is helping with the Asian Christian Academy doing VBS and Backyard Bible Clubs.

If your trip is for a genuine and charitable purpose, several Christian Missionaries are there to come forward to sponsor your trip. A search with raising your intention amongst the society will be helpful to you.

I mean, they got the "Gospel of Jesus Christ" part down pretty good.
And nobody’s asking them to tell Africans to legalize gay marriage or think homosexuality is morally okay.

But killing gay people for being gay?
Prison sentences and forced labor for gay sex?
Refusing gay people burial?

Do you think Christians here in America could go over there and teach those people some tolerance, too?

Don’t Evangelicals think homosexuality is wrong? They’d just avoid talking about it in Africa or anywhere else and put it down once someone starts a conversation about it.

If I could, I’d start a worldwide campaign shamelessly advertising homosexuality. I think the hate over it is overrated and stupid, and see nothing wrong with same-sex marriage/hookups/whatever.

im 14 years old and i really want to go on a missions trip to africa. but the problem is i dont have the time to go this year, so i would like to go in 2011 in july or august. but don’t i have to start planning it now? i cant find a mission trip planned that far away….i dont know what to do.

Ask this group for help: http://www.ntm.org

Here is their contact information: http://www.ntm.org/quicklinks/contact.php?page=contact%20us

They do trips to Africa as well as around the world