We've got people from Venezuela, Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina and about a dozen other countries plus a few Americans. I'm owner of Christian Music X-Change , a one person mail order business that buys and sells used and new Christian CDs, tapes, videos and such. I also teach Japanese one day a week to 1st and 2nd graders with the Moshi Moshi project . Native missionaries, short term missions, missions organizations, whatever. And if you've never gone on a missions trip, go.
Nothing ever goes as planned.
But then everything seems to work out in the end. Live more simply. Eat more vegetables and less meat. Walk more, drive less. Reuse and recycle.