{"id":5988,"date":"2011-05-10T11:04:30","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T16:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baylorproud.wpengine.com\/?p=5988"},"modified":"2011-05-10T11:04:30","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T16:04:30","slug":"summer-mission-trips-100s-of-baylor-students-head-out-as-research-validates-trips-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2011\/05\/summer-mission-trips-100s-of-baylor-students-head-out-as-research-validates-trips-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer mission trips: 100s of Baylor students head out as research validates trips&#8217; effects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"missions-may11\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/missions-may11.jpg\" alt=\"Baylor missions\" width=\"225\" height=\"247\" \/>As approximately 250 Baylor students head out this summer to nine different countries as part of 16 different teams on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/spirituallife\/index.php?id=53462\" target=\"_blank\">university-sponsored mission trips<\/a>, new research by a Baylor professor shows those who go really do return as changed men and women.<\/p>\n<p>Students in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/spirituallife\/index.php?id=77595\" target=\"_blank\">Cambodia<\/a> <!-- @font-face {   font-family: \"Cambria\"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } --> will deliver training on therapeutic art techniques to staff in aftercare facilities for female victims of human trafficking. Teams will head to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/spirituallife\/index.php?id=77570\" target=\"_blank\">Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda<\/a> to work with local ministries serving children&#8217;s homes and people in extreme poverty. In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/spirituallife\/index.php?id=77587\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/spirituallife\/index.php?id=77964\" target=\"_blank\">Greece<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/spirituallife\/index.php?id=77591\" target=\"_blank\">Honduras<\/a>, and even closer to home in <a href=\"https:\/\/bearsabroad.baylor.edu\/_customtags\/ct_FileRetrieve.cfm?File_ID=01027448017502710C0200771A0701040E140F7F02011C007A7773047B7C7000000F737D767500\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles<\/a>, groups of students will put what they&#8217;ve learned in the classroom to use serving others, while at the same time acquiring skills and lessons in service that they can use the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/religion\/index.php?id=66266\" target=\"_blank\">Dr. Dennis Horton<\/a>, BA &#8217;84, PhD &#8217;95, a Baylor religion professor, recently completed a study on the spiritual return students receive for the investment of their time, money and energy. His research found that, as one might expect, students who participate in short-term mission trips tend to have lower levels of materialism, greater appreciation for other cultures and a better understanding of missions as a lifestyle. In general, the greater the amount of trip experience, the greater the impact in all three areas, he said. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.baptiststandard.com\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=12468&amp;Itemid=53\" target=\"_blank\">Read more on his findings &#8212; including the importance of post-trip follow-up &#8212; in this article from the <em>Baptist Standard<\/em><\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Bears with hearts to serve!<\/p>\n<p><em>[If you&#8217;d like to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baylor.edu\/spirituallife\/index.php?id=60223\" target=\"_blank\">support Baylor students in their service, click here for more information<\/a> on how you can give to support Baylor mission trips in general or by specific team\/country.]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As approximately 250 Baylor students head out this summer to nine different countries as part of 16 different teams on university-sponsored mission trips, new research by a Baylor professor shows those who go really do return as changed men and women. 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