Why should you go on a mission trip? It’s the best way to discover Jesus’ heart for a lost world…and his will for your life.

Listen to the emotion in his words as he talks to us about lost people in Matthew 9:

“When Jesus saw the crowds, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. So ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.” (Matthew 9:36-38)

When you and I hear Jesus’ appeal, we’re obligated to pray, “Lord, send me.” That’s how the prophet Isaiah responded to God’s call:

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”

And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” (Isa 6:8)

God is still looking for “Lord-send-me” people to go to the ends of the earth with the Good News. His heart still bleeds with compassion for unreached souls who are harassed, helpless, and hopeless.

I’ve found that the best way to take Jesus’ heart as your own is to go on a missions trip…a gospel plunge in the under-served world to share, show, and spread the Good News of Jesus.

Years ago, on a trip to Africa with my eighty-four-year-old spiritual mentor, God dislocated my heart for the lost world.

Since then, we’ve taken other pastors, and they say “It’s made me a better pastor back home.” We’ve taken auto-mechanics to train others how to make a living repairing cars, they say, “I never knew God could use my job to do missions. We’ve taken doctors, dentists, nurses, carpenters, electricians, students who say, “it’s made me a better Christian.”

If you’re a pastor, we invite you to take a trip with us. It’ll not only transform you, the change in you will transform your church. If you’re a Christ-follower, go with us on a trip. You can be the change that changes you.

Like me, you’ll go as a citizen of your nation but return as a missionary to God’s world.

Get into the harvest—it’s ripe. You’ll make a difference. You’ll be changed. And you’ll make Jesus do a happy dance! Really! In Luke 10, Jesus sent out seventy-two disciples. They came back bursting with excitement for what God did through them. And we’re told,

“Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, ‘I praise you, Father.’” (Luke 10:21)

Now get this: the Greek word suggests that Jesus was “shouting and leaping with joy.” So yes, when you get into the harvest, and in some capacity serve as a conduit for the gospel—I don’t mean this irreverently—Jesus does a happy dance!

Check out our mission trip opportunities … let’s be the change that changes us… and makes Jesus pretty happy too!

This is how we change the world!

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“ The best way to take Jesus’ heart as your own is to go on a mission trip. —RAY NOAH, PETROS NETWORK