Steps Of Justice : Mission / Service Trip To Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Seeing the way these young people were acting, dressing, and speaking made me realize, to an even greater degree, how important youth ministry is. These young people broke my heart that night as I realized how lost they must be. Many of them probably didn’t grow up in loving homes. Many of them may not even have homes to go to when they left the mall that night. What is truly heartbreaking is that many of them may have never had anyone share the Gospel with them. Their actions that night are only a result of the environment they’ve grown up in.

After the service, we attended an orientation for new members which consisted of around 15 people where the leaders discussed the events that happen during the services. Then we broke into groups of men and women and were with a group of around 8 women. Some of the women there were there as a condition of their parole/probation and had to have their papers signed by the leaders as proof they attended. The women running the orientation service were very understanding about it, but firm about the fact that they needed to wait until the end of the service until their papers were

The approval of the males request raises the gender issue of gender inequality. Specifically because of their gender, the female guards could not perform their regular duties as a CBSA officer. Women and men should be thought of as equal by having the same rights to respect, autonomy, and independence (Bonvillain and Miller 2013: 39). In certain societies, women are targeted as weak and unable to fulfill certain male positions. It is argued by Bonvillain and Miller on page 41 …“that other tasks assigned to men and women may not be considered equivalent or equally valuable “. The five males did not take the female guards’ occupation seriously as they felt the males would perform the job

This non- profit organization encourages individuals to learn survival skills in the wilderness and take risks that require stepping out of comfort zones. The organization believes that mission trips should have an outdoor adventure and a rewarding service project. The “adventure” part of this trip was backpacking eighteen miles through Yellowstone. Our path was filled with rocky hills and unleveled ground, and by the time we got to our campground, our feet were covered in blisters. That night, our exhausted group of eight slept under a tarp held up by a pole in the middle of a treeless field where buffalo hooves were imprinted into the ground. We woke up to the sun rising over the mountain tops and valleys that were unending. And though our bodies were aching, we felt energized and

Webster Dictionary defines the word genocide as; the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group. Cambodia was a mostly peaceful, small country in South Asia with a population of about 7 million.

Parallel to the happenings of Night, victims of the Cambodian genocide also had to work for long hours, regardless of the weather and the condition they were in. “Sometimes, when I refused to work, they would torture me by wipping me and making me worked over time without rest of drink. I work like an animal during a hot sunny day which the temperature sometimes reached up to 120 degrees” (Shawn). Here, Shawn writes about the conditions he was forced to work under. He describes them as being cruelly hot and long. He also mentions that when he refused, he would be beaten. In both Night and the Cambodian genocide, victims were forced to work under harsh conditions and were beaten if they refused. To the leaders of the Cambodian genocide, it did

During my time at the N.A.A.C.P. my site contact was a man named Chris Cortner, who had been a full time employee of the organization for 15 years, after retiring from the United States Air Force. Under Mr. Cortner’s guidance, I was immediately given many different tasks, which he felt would be helpful and utilizing some of my previous experience. The majority of what the organization worked on, was dealing with intake of clients who have felt that they were discriminated against because of race, sex or gender. From day one it was clear that the intake of these potential clients in need was a huge task and that volunteers were need to handle the case load. Regardless of the amount of anticipated work, it was exciting from day one to have

There is a great quote by Blake Mycoskie about mission trips that says, “Trips like this aren’t vacations…they are so much more. These experiences show you what’s possible and challenge you to examine the paths you’ll take in the future.” Claude and Kelley Nikondeha have spent five years running a community development mission in Burundi, a landlocked African country. Kelley Nikondeha tells of how they prepare their mission teams for the week and when they return home after a short term mission trip experience in Burundi in an article entitled, “Story-telling and the Short Term Mission Trip.” Kelley Nikondeha elaborates on the four points she expresses to all groups, “Give me a word. Tell me one moment. Take a break to rest. How was your trip?”

Over this past summer, I went on a mission trip to Haiti that affected me more than I ever could have thought. Yes it was filled with a lot of hard work, but I would rather go back than relive any of my past vacations. My team and I had to pour concrete and tile two complete rooms as well as carry over eight hundred concrete blocks upstairs and onto the roof. All of this work was spread out over the course of four days; it wasn’t bad at all. The majority of the work that was being done wasn’t physical labor, but mental instead.

In 2012, my church traveled 765 miles from our little suburb to one of the poorest cities in the United States. We stayed in Cary, Mississippi for almost a week, leaving very early Monday morning and arriving back home midday on Saturday. During the journey, it was somewhat agonizing, although I did occupy myself with my music and a book that I brought along for the ride. The coordinators tried to make this experience fun, so we stopped by places in Nashville and ate at the Cracker Barrel.

Think about the poverty and problems that all countries around the world are facing today and every day. As Americans we have an urge to go into these countries to help as much as possible because of that we have begun a revolution. Americans began going on mission trips around the 1960s but did not really pick up until the 1990s. The trend grew after multiple natural disasters, Americans saw and need and went, since then short term mission trips show no sign stopping anytime soon. As the popularity of leaving our comfort zones, many people have found issues with the way the trips are led to the extent of questioning whether or not these trips are really worth the amount of money and time that they consume. Through periodicals, interviews, narratives, and articles, I will show the issues and improvements that could be made to the living situations, attitude of the Americans, and relationships that are acquired during the short term mission trips.

It has come to my attention that workers in Cambodia are only getting paid two dollars and fifty cents an hour and working ten-hour days. Some would say this is the norm in their country. Well yes, In Cambodia it is normal to work ten hours per day for two dollars and fifty cents, which is above average. Two more hours worked and four dollars and seventy-five cents less than in the United States of America. In countries like Cambodia, the cost of living is substantially less than the cost of living in the United States. But is it ethical? Lets think if the roles were switched. A company from Cambodia is employing Americans. The company is paying them minimum wage, which is seven dollars and twenty-five cents. If Cambodia tried to pay them the

Prostitution, as stated by Flemming, is known as a form of sexual activity, a kind of sexual style or category, and a form of economic activity, a way of making a living through the provisions of certain services, by behaving in accordance with, or falling into such a category (39). This definition, though, is controversial. While conducting research for this project, we found that most topics regarding prostitution and its affiliates were controversial. Each author gave a differing interpretation for the same data. Due to this, our project centered on the female prostitutes, even though there is evidence of male prostitutes.

I chose to volunteer at a Christnet Rotating Shelter Program that was at the time located at a local church. This program does not have a permanent location, rather, various accommodating churches host the program. Additionally, this program offers not only daytime programs, but also nightly shelter. However, for this assignment, I opted for an observation of the program’s participants at nighttime. Moving on, I showed up more than an hour early before the sign-in sheets would be distributed to individuals seeking shelter for the night so that I could assist the other volunteers with adjusting the layout of the room and assembling the tables and beds in order to accommodate the needs of the guests. Afterwards, people began to line up outside the church’s door about 6:15 p.m. even though

In spring of 2016, my youth group and I began planning a trip to a neighboring city. This wasn’t just any trip however, we were going on a mission. Each of us there were bound and determined to