by Mission Partners For Christ | Sep 2, 2022 | Medical Mission Trips, Self-Care
“Slowly you may have transformed from a helper to one in need of help. It’s important to talk about this, to identify the wounds you carry.”Jenn Bruer, Helping Effortlessly: A Book of Inspiration and Healing People who serve in medical missions tend to be warm,...
by Mission Partners For Christ | May 20, 2022 | Make a difference, Self-Care
Did you know that May is Mental Health Awareness Month? Mental Health has been an essential part of healthcare for a long time. We now know that trauma and mental health play an important part in physical health outcomes. We are also more aware now than ever, of just...
by Mission Partners For Christ | Jan 5, 2021 | After a Trip, How to Prepare, Self-Care
Once you decide you want to learn more and you go through the process of signing up and preparing to go, you will be so excited and joyful about the work you may do, that you wish the first day would arrive. Multiple things in life may compete for your focus till...
by Mission Partners For Christ | Aug 10, 2020 | How to Prepare, Self-Care
It is easy to become used to dealing with whatever comes up during the moment. What will I need to do tomorrow to make next week more productive? What actions do I need to take to be ready for this big event several months ahead? Inwardly we know God has it all worked...
by Mission Partners For Christ | Jul 27, 2020 | How to Prepare, Self-Care
Have you registered to go on your first medical mission’s trip or do you plan to do that in the future? Group leaders are supportive and helpful when it comes to information on how to prepare yourself for a trip, and there is no lack of information for anyone who is...
by Mission Partners For Christ | Apr 16, 2020 | Self-Care
Many health care workers are on the front lines of the fight against Covid-19. In this crisis, it’s not unusual to work back to back 12 to 16-hour shifts in extremely stressful environments. Every day the front-line workers risk contracting the virus themselves...
