6 Great Reasons to Go On A Missions Trip
Do Summer Missions
by Greg Speck

1. You'll learn to trust God. It's so easy to go through life trusting in what you can do. A missions experience can show you just how much God can do—and just how much you need to depend on him.

2. You'll grow spiritually. As you're "stretched" by your missions experience, you're gonna grow in ways you never thought possible. And to help you grow, missions experiences stress regular prayer, Bible study and devotional times. You'll come home with some good "spiritual habits" that will help you strengthen your walk with Christ.

3. God will do amazing things. You've no doubt heard missionaries talk about the wonderful things God's done through missions work. Here's your chance to see those wonderful things first-hand.

4. It's a chance to get away. Do you feel like you're in a rut? Is your life just kind of boring? Summer missions is your opportunity to, well, get away from it all—and gain a whole new perspective of what God wants to do in your life.

5. You'll build some incredible friendships. You and your fellow team members will work together, play together, sweat together, struggle together, cry together, pray together, sing together—and together you'll build some awesome friendships.

6. You'll have fun! Yes, summer missions are tough. You'll get dirty and you'll get tired. There will be moments of frustration and maybe even a little homesickness. But along with all that, you'll have loads of laughs and plenty of great times!

Greg Speck is on staff with Reign Ministries, a missions organization for teenagers. For information about Reign Ministries, call Greg at (815) 399-0680.