| TESTIMONYShort-term mission trips change your life, because they change how you look at people. In theory, it's easy to learn about a group of people who have never heard of Jesus, or people who are really poor, and to an extent you can really care about them. But when you actually go and experience what their life is like, see where they live, meet them, hear them, see them face to face, it makes it not only understandable to your mind, but your heart really becomes attached. It becomes real. Three years ago, I went to the Philippines for two weeks, but I can still see specific children's faces in my head, and I remember to pray for them, because they became my friends. They are real people to me, not just theoretical. I've now seen what it's like to live in a different culture, and it's given me a heart for people that I couldn't have had without the experience. - Holli
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