Secret thoughts your short term mission host has when they meet you
Today I want to introduce a guest post from Kathy Mizen. Kathy is one of our favourite short term mission host in Honduras, if you are...
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Mark Crocker
2 min
Is “I want to go” good enough for STM travellers?
What’s your real motive … Some people are concerned that their desire is not a good enough reason to go. Some wannabe STM travellers...
Mark Crocker
2 min
War: What Does it Mean to You?
The Result of War Summer, 2009 I shot some short video interviews with dozens of people at a food distribution at five war-affected...
Mark Crocker
3 min
Africa is a Country II: people got angry, you’ll never guess why!
Last week I started up a war. I wrote a controversial post about the country of Africa and said that due to bad press because of the...
Mark Crocker
3 min
The Country of Africa: 10 Astounding Facts (#6 will break your brain!)
The country of Africa is receiving a lot of bad press during this time of CRISIS OUTBREAK of EBOLA (the deadliest disease in recorded...
Mark Crocker
3 min
Why “Just Send Money” Might Be A Terrible Idea
Shouldn’t we just send money to fix the world? “Why do we waste all that time and effort sending volunteers when we could just send money...
Mark Crocker
3 min
How to Raise Money – 3 Tips from Rich Volunteers
Margot (not her real name) wanted to work internationally, she had the skills, organizations wanted her, so Margot needed to quickly...
Mark Crocker
3 min
Short Term Mission Safety – When Militants Want to Kill You
My brother was working in Pakistan in an area where terrorist attacks have become commonplace. He was there to aid the local people...
Mark Crocker
4 min
Should Anyone Care For the Poor?
We were on our way to care for the poor. We were up a mountain. Our truck had made the nearly vertical track upwards in low gear We blew...
Mark Crocker
2 min
5 Secret Skills to Becoming a Travel Virtuoso
What is the difference between a tourist and a traveller? A traveller has learned how to take the stress of travel and make it work for...
Mark Crocker
2 min
The Fatal Flaw to Understanding Culture
A few years ago I was in India and I met a travel writer for Outdoor magazine. We chatted about life, travel, writing. I was a little...
Mark Crocker
3 min
How Different Cultures Understand Time
We left our guesthouse just after 7 am because our host had told us that the high mountain road was under construction. There was only...
Mark Crocker
4 min
How to Tell a Story so People Pay Attention
A number of years ago I met Foday. He was tall, lanky and busy. Always moving. His young sons would run to hang on him whenever he could...
Mark Crocker
4 min
8 key comforts you should take on a plane
A few years ago I was flying overseas when I was suddenly hit with a wall of scent. My eyes watered. It smelt like some hellish mix of...
Mark Crocker
2 min
A short term mission trip packing list – without screwing up the poor
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you want to be part of the solution, and not the problem, you want to start by unpacking the...
Mark Crocker
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Causes of Poverty: The answer will surprise you.
Late one night in a hotel room in Toronto in my way to Haiti, I realized I was going to miss a class I was supposed to teach the next...
Mark Crocker
2 min
The 11 people you meet in the boarding lounge.
Sitting in the boarding lounge before a trip to Haiti. We are on travel time. Not real time. A portal to elsewhere. Flight crew saunters...
Mark Crocker
3 min
6 Expert Tips to Landing Disaster Relief Jobs
People are sometimes looking for disaster relief jobs. They are interested in helping out and want to work to make things better
Mark Crocker
1 min
The First Step In Mission
The First Step in Mission We are not given a map. We are invited to go for a walk. We are not given a direction. We are given a desire....
Mark Crocker
2 min
Healthy travel so you stay longer and see more of the world
Dukoral … I just took my first dose. This is supposed to help you with healthy travel. It is designed to prevent all kinds of intestinal...
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