Doing short-term Missions with Cultural Intelligence

Read fall/winter of 2010 with a small group preparing to go on a short-term mission trip to Honduras with Orphan Helpers. Very good, but can make you question whether should be even going on a short-term mission trip. I would hesitate to recommend it to someone new to mission trips. Would recommend it to any facilitator or leader of a missions team (short or long-term)! Will read again.

If you are going on a mission trip, you must read this book. I used in my Intro to Missions course. The students loved it. ( )

I thought this was a great book. It has some important information for those who are seeking to serve others in any form. Focusing mainly on short-term missions trips, Livermore exposes common perspectives of Americans who go out of the country to serve and those who are served by Americans. It offers some eye-opening thoughts on our motives for going, and what those, who are being served, really think of what we're doing for them. There is so much more to be learned about Cultural Intelligence. I'm greatful to live in the same city as David Livermore, so that I can continue to learn from him through seminars and, hopefully, more books. ( )