Assumptions

Weirdly, I do not strongly disagree on the assumptions from CBC Philosophy. Anyhow there is one i do not clearly understand. It is about the "Ya gotta dance a'yad before ya dance abroad" assumption. In my opinion a person can do different things on a trip than what they are dong in their community. Of course, if they haven't had practice on it the likelyhood of one failing is high, but one can still do it. I don't teach the kids on my neighborhood, but because i've had practice with my church i can still do it, just like last trip on 2008. Besides that, i get the main point on not going overseas and doing something we arent doing normally.
I strongly support the 7th assumption, dealing that we sometimes feel we need to offer soethings to the church and communities we visit. We think we are the supperior church (in some cases) and think we gotta shape the receivers church, but we forget to visualize we're only helping the church shape itself, they might have positive things we need to do in our church. For this one, we must just need to chill out and help on what you came for, and be ready to receive and learn the new church culture's way with an open mind.
Another assumption i support is the 15th assumption, dealing with us thinking about church is church wherever we go. It is different everywhere, and jumping into a place you don't know can be fatal in the impression you put into the receiver's minds about us. We need to be careful in our actions towards the churches or cummunities we go. If they're are not used to seeing casual clothing in church, then wearing casual clothing might seem offensive.
A last assumption i strongly agree on is the last one. We cannot go to a missions trip effectively if we're lacking in communication, misunderstandind, having personal conflicts, having poor leadership, and having bad teamwork. It's simply impossible to do a short mission's trip like that. Therefore, we simply need to be like "Gumby"; just as flexible as him. Taking the time to actually care about our teammates, not making false accusations -or even if you have accusations making it public, and not having weak leaders who can't control their given team is something we must be doing as we're preparing to go into this trip. Outside bonding group activities might be a great help to prevent things like these. One of my ideas i shared with Jeff on a wednesday meeting was to go on a saturday night to the Hard Rock Café and listen to some good quality music. This will help us know what things to want in our concert, along with having some good food and talking to each other.