Category Archives: TOP TEN

Top Ten Ways to Support Volunteers

By Scott Pittman | August 15, 2009

# 10 Provide for their mission trip expenses Mission trips can be very expensive when you consider the cost of air fare, ground transportation, lodging, food, immunization costs, passport and visa fees, insurance, interpreters, etc. Perhaps you can’t go yourself, but you can make it possible for someone else to go. If you know personally [...]

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Top Ten Things to Do on a Mission Trip

By Scott Pittman | August 10, 2009

10. Do everything for the glory of the LORD And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17 9. Forgive each other in order to nix conflicts before they get out of hand Bear with [...]

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TOP TEN Overseas Travel Tips

By Scott Pittman | July 31, 2009

There are about as many travel tips as there are travelers. But these are some that I think top the list. If you have some more, by all means submit a comment! #10 – Use a travel checklist. You might find it helpful to use a checklist to make sure you pack what you need [...]

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TOP TEN Overseas Stress Relievers

By Scott Pittman | July 27, 2009

Stress can be the underlying cause of various problems a team or individual might experience while overseas. Stress is inevitable when people are taken out of their “comfort zone” and placed into the “twilight zone.” Here are some tips that can help you and your team avoid being robbed by the effects of stress: #10 – [...]

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TOP TEN Things to Leave at Home

By Scott Pittman | July 24, 2009

Please leave home without it! #10 -Traveler’s checks I’ve never had luck cashing traveler’s checks overseas. I am sure there must be some places where they are accepted, but in a lot of countries people are unfamiliar with them and/or afraid to cash them. Dito for any type of  U.S. check. Take cash and/or use credit cards [...]

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TOP 10 Tips for Working with an Interpreter

By Scott Pittman | July 20, 2009

Speaking through an interpreter can prove to be quite challenging, especially in formal settings such as preaching. Here are some suggestions for making the experience a bit smoother both for you and your interpreter.  #10 - What - you – say - Kimosabe?  Don’t speak Indian style. Some people think that if they talk like Tonto discussing a raid [...]

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Top Ten Volunteer Mistakes

By Scott Pittman | March 30, 2009

Top 10 Mistakes I’ve Seen Volunteers Commit: #10. Call the female of a missionary couple “the missionary’s wife” I actually remember a volunteer asking a female missionary if she would take a picture of him with “all the missionaries,” meaning all the male missionaries. The IMB appoints both husband and wife as missionaries, and they [...]

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