answer: place of stay during thailand missions trip.
this is what the rooms look like for the 2-week Thailand missions trip happening in July. not bad huh? for more answers to your questions regarding the 2002 omf/scbc Thailand missions trip, please come the info/interest meeting on March 24 - 4:30pm.
i just found this from FACE director on the web. interesting stuff in thinking about cross-cultural missions (like thailand).
Some questions to consider in seeking to communicate Christ through a culture's art:
1. Do any of the art forms in the culture convey any Christian principles that may already exist in that culture?
2. Is there an art form that reveals a deep need of the people and could that form be used to show how Christ can fulfill that need?
3. Can a local proverb be visualized or dramatized using a local art form -- and then related to Christ?
4. Can a metaphor, proverb or truth in the Bible be "re-clothed" in indigenous expressions, keeping the core message equivalent?
5. Have government agencies used the arts to teach health or farming methods? Can similar methods be used to communicate Christ?
6. Should Christian worship involve some form other than a single individual preaching to a group? What methods did they use to announce important news, or to teach the young or the newcomer?
7. What arts or ceremonies would help to make their new-found life in Christ become a part of everyday life? What forms kept their former belief system in their everyday lives?
8. What needs to be done to direct the new Christian community to create their own, biblical expressions for worship and then for evangelism?
9. Could Christians become teachers of appropriate technology, (e.g. better health care) and also include the message of Christ in their communication?
10. Are there special needs of second and third generation Christians that could be met by composing new forms of worship?
The above questions will assist Christians in using local art forms to share Christ.
Can you develop your ability to tell stories/parables from the Bible as Jesus did? -- this seems to be very effective in most people groups, especially in eastern cultures where this is a common way of teaching.
Also effective is to ask a local artist/musician about the music/art of their culture -- ie. what it means in various aspects of life, and which aspects of life it is used in -- ie. weddings, funerals, rites of passage, festivals, etc. -- and how it's used...etc.
