Grab your Nalgene bottles, bandanas, worst clothes, Walmart shades, and your themed devotionals! It's time to board the plane where we'll venture to a poor country, take some solemn pictures of the kids, come home with so many inside jokes and great memories, and just BE the Church! 

I'm so cynical... 

But seriously, are short term trips good, or are they inherently harmful? Let's dive in...