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A Mission Reflection: The Mexico Border

Posted on April 12, 2013April 2, 2021 by ptsblog
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When you get home from a mission trip, people always ask, “What did you do?” A wise man once told me that hanging drywall is never the purpose of a short-term mission trip. The purpose is to immerse yourselves in a different cultural context, meet new people, learn about their lives, understand their context, and…

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