The Essential Guide to the Short Term Mission Trip
David Forward has done a great service to the body of Christ in  writingThe Essential Guide to the Short Term Mission Trip. I commend  this book to all who are thinking about crossing borders or cultures to share the  Good news of Christ.-Robert A. Seiple, President, World Vision, Inc.Short-term  mission experiences can be creative and spiritually uplifting or they can be disastrous  for everyone involved.  This book will take you step by stop along the creative  path towards making your next short-term mission trip a Kingdom-building experience.-Tony  Campolo, Professor of Sociology and president, Evangelical Association for the Promotion  of EducationDavid Forward's book gives a Biblical foundation and the  practical steps needed to enter the international arena of short-term missions as  an effective player.  Trainers of short-term missionaries will find this an  excellent resource of practical steps for developing an international missions outreach  from their local church.-Dr. Elizabeth R. Lightbody, Professor of World  Missions, Moody Bible InstituteThis book fills a needed gap in helping  to prepare and train teams.  It helps keep them productive for the Kingdom  while focusing on their mission.-Greg Parsons, Executive Director, US Center  for World MissionThis is an outstandingly practical andnewresource for short-term mission teams.  It will motivate and prepare  them for the trips that they are about to embark upon.  The book is very practical  and the anecdotes add so much to make it come alive.-Carolyn Koons, Executive  Director, Institute for Outreach Ministries, Azusa Pacific UniversityDavid  Forward has given us a book that raises the vision for missionary outreach, and  then empowers us to fulfill that vision effectively.  His guide is desperately  needed in so many churches.  In light of thecoming revival, I'm so glad he  didn't wait any longer to write it!  Take full advantage of it.-David  Bryant, founder and president, Concerts of Prayer InternationalMy hope  is that sending agencies and hosting missions alike will derive substantial benefits  from using David Forward's richly detailed, step-by-step approach to planning a  successful short-term mission experience.-Millard Fuller, founder and president,  Habitat for Humanity InternationalHere's the mission trip mentor you  always wanted -complete in one book.  David Forward distills his years of short-term  missions experience into a resource guide you'll want to refer to from the time  a mission trip is just a twinkle in your eye until the warm glow of your debriefing  time afterward.-David Hackett, General Director, Presbyterian Frontier  Fellowship