June 14

I think that the point is that on a short term missions trip, you cannot expect to "change the world," but you can expect to plant a seed. Change is something that takes time, and especially when you are talking about a whole community. Mancora is a community of people that really need the Gospel. We can go for ten days, and be Christ to the people of Mancora, but that does not mean that they will completely change in a week. The reason we go back to Mancora every year is because people need nurturing. To help this chruch body and community grow, we need to be consistant. We can plant seeds, but with every time we go back, those seeds are closer and closer to becoming flowers, which is our purpose on these shrot-term missions trips.