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		<title>Preparing for a Short-Term Mission Trip: Safety Preparation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Risk is always a consideration when traveling to an unfamiliar place. Anyone who does not want to take risk should not go on a short-term mission trip.
Below are some safety tips and information for travelers that I’ve picked up over the years and lessons learned from personal travel experience and observations of others:
Get information about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skybridgecommunity.net/?p=1142</link>
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		<title>Preparing for a Short-Term Mission Trip, Logistical and Packing Preparation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No one wants to forget to pack something essential for a trip, but my observation is that more people over-pack rather than under-pack for a trip.
Below are some packing tips and information for travelers that I’ve picked up over the years and lessons learned from personal travel experience and observations of others:
In your carry-on bag… [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skybridgecommunity.net/?p=1139</link>
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		<title>Mapping your city</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quickly sketch a map with directions to your home as if for someone who is not familiar with the community. Include significant features in the area and label them.
Go ahead…I will wait…
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Ok. Got it?
Now. Mark your map, using the symbols for the 5 elements of city below.
PATHS: The familiar routes people follow. Paths are the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skybridgecommunity.net/?p=1131</link>
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		<title>Avoiding a Common Cross-Cultural Communication Blunder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was with an American friend the other day in Africa speaking with some friends who were not native English speakers. Within a few sentences my friend said that he liked that we were thinking outside the box, but was having a hard time wrapping his mind around the problem. He liked the main solution [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skybridgecommunity.net/?p=1051</link>
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		<title>Letter from an expat Mom</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article was written by an expat mom living in Istanbul, Turkey. Can you identify with her experiences?
Dear Daughter,
Sometimes I feel like a horrible mother.
You have slept in a pack &#8216;n play for all except the first 3 1/2 weeks of your life. You don&#8217;t have a nursery with pretty paint and decorations, and you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skybridgecommunity.net/?p=763</link>
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		<title>When the calling gets tough</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article was written by a Skybridger in Rome, Italy.
We have a neighbor that lives two floors below us that could be straight out of a movie. I don’t know if I can articulate exactly what I mean by that, but just trust me. She’s the nosey neighbor that knows everything about everyone. If there’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skybridgecommunity.net/?p=718</link>
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		<title>What can we learn about engaging culture from a special ops team?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just read this article from the Harvard Business Review about the firing of General McChrystal by President Obama. I, however, discover something in it that while relevant to the topic presented in the article has further implications than for Special Ops dropped into unknown places. Also, I do not mean to insinuate in any [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skybridgecommunity.net/?p=390</link>
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		<title>Country profiles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Interested in a particular European country or wanting to explore a bit? BBC&#8217;s 40+ country profiles are a great place to start. Here&#8217;s an example:
Turkey

Once the centre of the Ottoman Empire, the modern secular republic was established in the 1920s by nationalist leader Kemal Ataturk.
Straddling the continents of Europe and Asia, Turkey&#8217;s strategically important location [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skybridgecommunity.net/?p=1098</link>
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		<title>Get Out of Your House</title>
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I enjoy my family and my personal space.
I really like relaxing at home and just closing the door to the world. I like to turn on the television, have a nice glass of iced tea and let the evening go by without thinking. This type of relaxing works for me after having conversations, solving problems [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skybridgecommunity.net/?p=1117</link>
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		<title>Getting &#8220;called&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I know that “calling” is passive. It is something that God does not something that we do.  However, the notion of calling is sometimes misused when talking about a decision for cross-cultural ministry.
The positive and helpful use of “calling” is a sense of God’s leadership for you to become a missionary. This sense [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.skybridgecommunity.net/?p=1114</link>
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