“A question for church leaders and mission trip leaders: Are you adequately preparing your short-term teams as they go into harm’s way?” Chapter 1

“Short-term mission teams are in most cases not prepared to prevent crises from happening nor are they prepared to deal with problems once they develop. As a matter of fact, we believe teams are drastically underprepared and as a result may be put into high-risk situations by their sending churches.” Chapter 1
 

“A crisis prevention and response program supports short term teams by building upon a set of principles and processes that establishes a ‘safety versus ministry’ equation for each trip…” Chapter 5

“Drinking water – even bottled water – is probably the number one cause of sickness in a foreign field.” Chapter 10