When I was a student, I did the thing that students do with their long holidays; I went on an international mission trip. However, when I came back from Nigeria I wasn't transformed, I didn't feel I'd made a difference to Africa, rather I felt that our visit had left children who'd been abandoned before more traumatised because they'd been left again and that I'd been little more than a tourist. Over the years I haven't found many people who have agreed with my sentiments, and often I have kept quiet about them in order not to offend people. However this article yesterday by Darren Carlson on the Gospel Coalition Blog sums up my feelings so well and also touches on one of my greatest annoyances; people sending clothes to Africa.
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