Here's what some of those who went on the short term CMS mission programmes said about their experiences.

		‘But that is the great thing about God: he doesn’t need heroes. He loves people who are normal and average, who have their doubts and inner wounds, who make mistakes and are confused and are in need of forgiveness. There is no other sort anyway.’
Lilli Schuele MAKE A DIFFERENCE  Central Asia

 

		‘Praying that line of the Lord’s prayer “Give us this day our daily bread” acquired a new reality amid the generosity of our Ugandan hosts and the knowledge that we were providing meals of beans, chapattis, meat and rice for street children who otherwise might not have eaten.’
Becky Roberts ENCOUNTER Uganda 2001

 

 

		‘There is a saying: “Whoever makes two blades of grass or two ears of corn grow where only one grew before serves mankind better than any politician.”’
Marija Andjekovic MAKE A DIFFERENCE   Georgia

 

		You still can’t believe how privileged you are to have had the chance to come and share in the lives of brothers and sisters in a fascinating country, to experience the beauty of God’s creation and the warmth and welcome of his family in all its variety—street children and young people, students, colleagues and mission workers, not forgetting Babushka and Dedushka (Grandma and Grandad) in my host family.’
Jeremy Woodham MAKE A DIFFERENCE  Ukraine

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