In his recent article on the Belize Mission Trip Ben Hopkins gave his reasons for going on an overseas mission trip. He did this because not everyone things that overseas mission trips are a good idea - there are a variety of reasons for this. If you have not read Ben's article it is here Perhaps you have strong feelings one way or another. Perhaps you have never thought about it. What do you think? All views are welcome so long as they do not attack another person or belittle them. If you get mean - we will likely remove the post. If you won't play nice you might get kicked off the forum. You can disagree with each other, you cannot launch personal attacks and this includes attacks on race, gender and sexuality in general.