Often when things aren’t going well for new interns or kids on summer mission trips, they call home in tears. Unable to really articulate what is going on, most parents just think its homesickness or something trivial and encourage their child to stay. Parents assume that their children are with trustworthy people who will take care of them, but they often have no idea what is really going on.
When you go to a Christian campus and your experience is totally different than what you expected, it can be hard to articulate. Add to the fact that these are kids. They don’t always know how to tell you that they aren’t being kept safe. That they are verbally harassed. That they are not cared for when they need medical attention.
In this story, a parent shares how her teenage daughter called her every few days from her mission trip upset and in tears. Only now, years later, has the mother discovered what was actually going on during that trip.
Read it here. (2021 update: blog has since gone defunct. Link goes to Wayback Machine and it. is. slow. to load!)
Parents, I beg you, please listen to your children.