Thailand Update: Live In The Flesh
At Wednesday night’s Main Stage service, Kerrick, Rachel and MJ, the three students who were selected to go to Thailand to serve as missionaries for a week before CHIC, were live and in the flesh to speak to CHIC about their experience. They were also joined by their trip leader, Pastor Cue of Los Angeles, Calif., who has made the journey to Thailand many times before. We were able to meet up with the students and interview them about their trip and hear how they have become undone through this experience. Read the Q & A with Kerrick, Rachel and MJ below.
Q: What urged you to apply to participate on this trip and how did you feel when you were notified that you were going?
Kerrick- It was partly me and partly my parents. We love traveling and my mom found this opportunity so I said “why not!” I never win things, so I couldn’t believe it when I found out
Rachel- I am looking to go into missions so I thought this was a great opportunity. Also, I feel like God teaches me a lot through my trips oversees so I was really excited to participate. I knew when I was told I was going that God wanted me to do it.
MJ- Initially, I wanted to experience a new place and experience someone else’s culture. I didn’t know what we would be doing when we got there, I was just really excited to participate.
Q: What was the most beneficial part of the trip for you?
Kerrick- I think it was the care that they showed for us especially when we weren’t doing anything but listening to them. I felt as if I should be the one caring for them but they just embraced us so warmly.
Rachel- God taught me a lot through this trip. One main thing that I realized is that there are many different types of mission work and that being a missionary is not always what people think at all.
MJ- More than anything, it has put my life in perspective. I am so grateful for what I have. Many times I think that I have it hard here in the States and at home, but I realized that there are people all over the world that have it so much worse than I do.
Q: Would you say you have been Undone through this trip and how do you plan to change based on this trip?
Kerrick- I have been completely undone. Especially in my thinking of what a missionary is and what Christians are. I learned that there are all types of Christians and there is no one “cookie cutter” type. I definitely became closer to God and from this trip I can respect Christians more for the work that we do for God’s kingdom. The Dutton’s and Karen Groot [missionaries] definitely helped in that.
Rachel- It’s been a complete refresher for me to really see how much God loves me. Moving forward I am just going to continue to show that love by loving people radically.
MJ- I have been undone in my understanding of the things that others go through. I really got it on this trip. That there are people who have it worse than I do, so I need to be ready to help them. It was such an eye-opening experience.
