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Communicate ahead of time : Write to the missionaries, call, or contact by e-mail before tour starts. The district office sends each church information from the missionary about any dietary needs, areas of ministry preference, and so on. Dialog with the missionary about ideas or special activities your church wants to do. The missionary may have some good ideas, may have a special activity to suggest, or can plan a presentation based on the needs and interest of your church. The official Website of the C&MA has a list of all the tour missionaries, their biographical information and their press-release photo. Find it under the content heading "Missions Mobilization."

Tell the missionary about your church : Missionaries must be culturally sensitive when they go overseas. The American church is changing and each church is a little bit different.

Age It helps the missionary to know how many attend your church, the age span, and how many children and teens are in your church. If your church is half retired people, or if there is only 1 couple over 50 years old, let the missionary know.

Occupation Tell them if you have a lot of college professors at the University, if many of your people work at a local industry like Maytag or 3M, if many in your church are wheat farmers. For instance, it may interest the missionary to know if most women work or if you have quite a few families with moms that home school.

Style and uniqueness Tell them about your worship style and whether you normally have Sunday night services or small groups. Tell your missionary about something special happening in your church. For instance, tell if you have a very active EE ministry, an exceptional outreach through Weigh Down, or if your men came back from Promise Keepers as changed men.

What’s the missionary’s passion and their forte? Ask the missionary what their ministry passion is on the mission field and what they do best. This is helpful for you as you promote mission conference. Ask if there is a special interest group or an age group that they really enjoy talking to. You may also ask if they have a group they connect less well with. Some men will say they don’t talk well to children, but you can still plan a contact with the kids by having a few questions planned to interview the missionary (maybe with a puppet?).