After discussion, we collect and hold the participant's answers to part 1. Our trips span 3-4 weeks. When they return home we give them this version of the exercise. It's basically the same questions as part 1, but written in past tense.
After they have completed part 2, we hand back the original papers with the following instructions:
Read back over the first set of questions that you answered before you left and your answers to them. As you are reading over them, compare your previous answers to your current answers. Write down any thoughts, questions or revelations that you have for each question.
Personal Expectations:
(to be completed in a half day session)
1. What did Christ do in and through you during this time?
2. How did you benefit your team, the host missionaries/leaders and the people of Guatemala?
3. What elements of your character were the most beneficial to the team? Which elements, if any, caused trouble?
4. How did God uncover and/or use your giftings on this trip?
5. Describe the level of your personal sense of calling to the international mission field. What do you imagine your future involvement with international missions will look like?
6. What practical skills did you have to offer and how were your skills used to benefit the team, host missionaries/leaders and the people?
7. What is the greatest change that you have seen in yourself from being on this trip?
8. What was the greatest challenge that you faced on this trip?
9. What things did you need to rely on your teammates for?
10. What were your personal devotional times like?
11. What were the group devotional times like?
12. What lesson(s) did you learn from host missionaries/leaders and the people of Guatemala? How can you incorporate these new lessons into your life here?
13. Read back over the questions and your answers to them. As you are reading over them write down any thoughts, questions or revelations that you have. Use the space below to comment generally or specifically on the answers you gave to the questions:
