Discuss visas, immunizations, packing, and support-raising.
Train your team to have sensitive cross-cultural encounters.
Prepare for culture-shock, learn how to effectively debrief, and discuss your team dynamic.
After your trip, dialogue about your experiences, your feelings upon returning, and action steps for living here in light of what you saw over there.
Watch this documentary of two short-term teams and discuss your expectations for the trip.
An interview with Andy Crouch about making culture
No mission worth taking is really “short-term.”