I copied this from another blog:
Suggested Questions for Parents/Friends
- What was the biggest highlight of your trip?
- What was the hardest thing you faced on your trip?
- What did that hard experience teach you?
- What things surprised you the most?
- Do you feel like you were prepared for your trip?
- If you could do it all over again, what would you change?
- Do you have any regrets?
- What was the food like?
- Where did you sleep?
- Tell me about the people you met and ministered to.
- Did you connect with anyone that you might keep in touch with?
- Did you get a chance to share your faith?
- Does your view of the world and your life look any differently now?
- Do you see Jesus any differently now?
- Did you see anything gross?
- Did you get sick?
- What was the scariest thing you experienced?
- What was the weirdest thing you ate?
- What was the church you worked with like?
- How was their form of worship different from ours?
- Did you get a chance to meet anyone’s practical needs?
- Was there ever a time that you really felt like God was directing you?
- What was the funniest thing you experienced?
- How did you work out any differences you had with your team?
- What was it like in the evenings? What did you do?
- What were your worship times with your team like?
- Did you miss me?
- Did you pack enough stuff?
- Did you really miss me?
- What was the weather like?
- Did you cry when you thought about me because you missed me?
- Would you ever want to go back?
- Do you think you would consider being a full-time missionary?
- What was the biggest thing you saw God do?
- Do you think you’ll go on a short-term mission trip again?
- What’s going to be the toughest thing about being home now?
- Do you think anything will change with your friends that weren’t on the trip?
- Do you think you have changed in any way? How?
- Is there anything you smelled on your trip that you’ll never forget?
- Are you tired?
- Has this changed anything in your relationship with Jesus?
- What were some of the ways you ministered on your trip?
- Did you get to share your story of how you met Jesus with anyone?
- Did you get any ideas of how you could minister here at home?
- Was there anything you saw that just broke your heart?
- Did you give anything away?
- Is there anything you HAVE to do this week after experiencing what you did?
- Was there ever a time you felt completely out of control in a situation?
- What’s the number one thing you are thankful for?
- Did you catch yourself praising God for things? Like what?
