i have to write a paper for my spanish class, and i have to make up a story about what i did during a church mission trip to costa rica. ive never actually been on a mission trip, so i dont know what i should be writing about. i was wondering if anyone can tell me the typical stuff that takes place during these kinds of trips
If I were you, I would look up organizations that provide mission trips to Costa Rica and find what they say it involves.
Missionaries clean up, build/rebuild, deliver goods (food, clothing, etc.), teach (hygiene, how to clean water, how to grow food, etc.). There are some medical missions trips where immunizations are administered, injuries and illnesses are tended to, surgeries are performed, etc.
The missionarires are not always "at work", though. They do some tourist-y stuff as well, so perhaps look in a travel book to find something like that to base your story around. They interact with the people a lot, hearing their stories. They eat the food, learn about the culture, etc.
#1 by cryptic_non_sequitur on November 27, 2011 - 7:22 am
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they actually believe that god has given them a mandate to invade other cultures and corrupt them with their own mythology!
sickening, isn’t it?
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#2 by Furball on November 27, 2011 - 8:05 am
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The purpose of "mission trips" has always been twofold, #1, destroy any belief that doesn’t agree with your own. #2 rob the native people of all of their lands and valuables.
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#3 by darren m on November 27, 2011 - 8:30 am
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say that christianity seeks to involve all nation with the word .say have you heard the good news .
the lotus sutra and the idea all can attain buddha hood fits that.
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lotus sutra
#4 by SAHMOnTheGo on November 27, 2011 - 8:51 am
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If I were you, I would look up organizations that provide mission trips to Costa Rica and find what they say it involves.
Missionaries clean up, build/rebuild, deliver goods (food, clothing, etc.), teach (hygiene, how to clean water, how to grow food, etc.). There are some medical missions trips where immunizations are administered, injuries and illnesses are tended to, surgeries are performed, etc.
The missionarires are not always "at work", though. They do some tourist-y stuff as well, so perhaps look in a travel book to find something like that to base your story around. They interact with the people a lot, hearing their stories. They eat the food, learn about the culture, etc.
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