{"id":7963,"date":"2018-06-27T08:42:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T12:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7963"},"modified":"2018-06-27T09:55:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T13:55:53","slug":"book-unpack-your-cross-cultural-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=7963","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: Unpack Your Cross-cultural Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: InterVarsity Press<\/p>\n

\"After\u201cCross-cultural encounters leave us with vivid memories, writing seemingly unforgettable stories on our brain with permanant ink.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut as time progresses, memories and good intentions fade when they aren\u2019t an active part of our life…<\/p>\n

\u201cSo how do we move the memories from our head to our heart and finally to our feet and hands?\u201d<\/p>\n

Cory Trenda\u2019s short book\u2014just 128 pages\u2014packs a punch. As the author admits, research suggests that mission trips, on their own, have virtually no measurable long-term effects on the lives of participants (despite our hopes and promises). What you do after, though, can make a difference.<\/p>\n

I particularly liked chapter 6. It explores concrete ways you can learn from the disappointments and discoveries of your trip in order to make your next<\/em> trip the best one yet.<\/p>\n

\u00bb Learn more or purchase After the Trip<\/a> for US$14.00 from Amazon (or elsewhere). Looks like it will be available as an ebook as well. The foreword is by Tim Dearborn, whose classic Short-Term Missions Workbook<\/a> is scheduled to be revised and republished later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: InterVarsity Press \u201cCross-cultural encounters leave us with vivid memories, writing seemingly unforgettable stories on our brain with permanant ink. \u201cBut as time progresses, memories and good intentions fade when they aren\u2019t an active part of our life… \u201cSo how do we move the memories from our head to our heart and finally to our … Continue reading BOOK: Unpack Your Cross-cultural Experience<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7963"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7978,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7963\/revisions\/7978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}