Comments on: prepared just enough to be dangerous … http://stopover.ca/2008/10/01/dangerous-short-term-mission/ Migrant Worker | Foreign Correspondent | Mark Crocker Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:16:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: mark http://stopover.ca/2008/10/01/dangerous-short-term-mission/comment-page-1/#comment-179 mark Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:57:15 +0000 http://stopover.ca/2008/10/01/dangerous-short-term-mission/#comment-179 Boyd, that is so true ... when we face a complex and difficult situation, our desire to step in often takes precedence over our understanding that we may only be creating a more complex situation ... most of this happens because we feel helpless, and at the same time we feel we should be able to find a solution. this dichotomy means that many people begin to engage out of great motives, incredible hearts, and tremendous naivety... there are guides out there, but we must begin to recognize our incredible need to first enter as learners rather than fixers. Boyd, that is so true … when we face a complex and difficult situation, our desire to step in often takes precedence over our understanding that we may only be creating a more complex situation …

most of this happens because we feel helpless, and at the same time we feel we should be able to find a solution. this dichotomy means that many people begin to engage out of great motives, incredible hearts, and tremendous naivety…

there are guides out there, but we must begin to recognize our incredible need to first enter as learners rather than fixers.

]]> By: Boyd http://stopover.ca/2008/10/01/dangerous-short-term-mission/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Boyd Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:29:19 +0000 http://stopover.ca/2008/10/01/dangerous-short-term-mission/#comment-178 Good question Mark (questionmark?) I wish I'd pondered that thought more before I went. We just want to help sooooo bad! Maybe if we went just to share a month in their shoes. I just don't know. -Boyd Good question Mark (questionmark?) I wish I’d pondered that thought more before I went. We just want to help sooooo bad! Maybe if we went just to share a month in their shoes. I just don’t know.
-Boyd

]]> By: Boyd Wiebe http://stopover.ca/2008/10/01/dangerous-short-term-mission/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Boyd Wiebe Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:10:00 +0000 http://stopover.ca/2008/10/01/dangerous-short-term-mission/#comment-363 Good question Mark (questionmark?) I wish I'd pondered that thought more before I went. We just want to help sooooo bad! Maybe if we went just to share a month in their shoes. I just don't know.-Boyd Good question Mark (questionmark?) I wish I'd pondered that thought more before I went. We just want to help sooooo bad! Maybe if we went just to share a month in their shoes. I just don't know.-Boyd

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