SUMMER SHORT-TERM TRIP SERIES: PROFESSIONAL TRIPS

Last week I took you to Mumbai to show you what a Vision Trip looks like — the Red Light district, the Dharavi slum, Titus and his chai, the maps-on-the ground prayer meeting. That's a Vision Trip entering as a learner, getting more out than you give.

Today is different. Today is about being useful.

In this episode I walk through what a Professional Trip actually looks like — using a specific skill, at a specific invitation, to accomplish a specific task in service of long-term work that's already happening on the ground. I use Nehemiah as the model: he knew what he was bringing, he knew what was needed, he knew who was already there.

Then I tell real stories across several types of professional trips:

✅ IT professionals serving field workers at overseas conferences

✅ My daughter's trip to the Philippines with me — and Dr. Melissa, a psychologist who showed up to care for exhausted long-term workers

✅ Entrepreneurs and business owners coaching Kingdom businesses overseas

✅ Teachers and trainers offering intensive skill-based training at the invitation of a field worker

✅ Retirees as grandparents and coaches — and why I think this is the most underused category of all

I also give the three cautions for Professional Trips:

❌ Don't go without an invitation.

❌ Don't fold into a vision trip.

❌ Don't go directly to the local population without a cultural intermediary.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

✔️ Across the Street and Around the World — Chapter 7, full Professional Trip ideas list + all three trip type checklists

✔️ What Kind of Trip Type are you Planning? Checklist

✔️ Neighbors and Nations Course

✔️ World Changer Type Quiz

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Next episode: Survey Trips — the rarest trip nobody's planning, and the one that led to me moving my whole family to India.

Send me an email at hello@jeannie-marie.com: Are you a professional or retiree getting ideas of planning a trip like this? Let me know your ideas. I'd love to pray for you.

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