Missions done right (7/31/09)
The past week has been memorable. I told my staff yesterday that our trip with St. Andrew's Anglican Church serving with the Staceyville circuit of Baptist churches was everything a mission trip should be. The church was a youth group from Arkansas with four adult leaders. They're an extremely evangelical and charismatic group of Christians who were sold on our vision and purpose from the very beginning of the week. In order to give the proper description, i'd say they have the tradition and structure of the catholic church (everything the catholic church does right) while also having the vision and purpose of a protestant evangelical church. The group leader, Mike Cavallo, is one of the best youth pastors i've ever met. His students follow him and look to him as a leader who leads by example and has a great heart for God. Talking with Tito and Cassie, my staff for the week, we decided that this was one of the biggest differences between this and other mission trips we...