5C Debriefing Questions

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by Ben Stoffel

Christ

What did my relationship with Christ look like during my trip?
What did I learn about God?
From his Word
From People
From Reflection
From Ministry
From Trials and Issues
In what specific ways did God care for me during this time?
Did God give me a stretching assignment? Please describe.
Has my love for God grown deeper through this experience? How? What will this look like in my life at home?
Did God answer some prayers? Which ones? How did he answer?
Did God leave some of your requests unanswered? Why might that be?
What happened that was impossible without God?
How did you see your gifts being used?
Describe the clarity of God’s voice while you were over there.
Was your sense of the supernatural heightened or lessened? How? Why? What does that mean for you now?
If you could change one thing about your relationship with Christ on this trip what would it be?
What specific thing(s) did God help me overcome?
Did my expectations for God ever interfere with His expectations for me? What happened? What was the outcome?
Was I spiritually aggressive or passive on this trip? How did that impact my time there?
How can I carry that aggressive mindset into life at home?

How did I see God use my team member(s)? List all the ways you can think of.
How did my team help me at certain points in the trip?
Was there any observable relational tension between us? What caused it? How did we address it and work through it?
Is there currently tension that hasn’t been resolved? Please talk to me directly or write to me.
Which person impacted you the most? Why? How?
What did you learn about “community” on this trip?
Did you see a lot of people that didn’t know Christ? How did this impact you?
Would you want the person that you are building to go on the trip you just took? Why? Why not? List both.
What was the attitude of “community” among the people you stayed with?
What aspects of their community were good? Bad?
How did you interact with the cultural differences? What was the easiest part? Most difficult?
Did I ever doubt members of the community there? Why?
What specific way did God use the community there to build me?

Did you surprise yourself by your behavior on this trip? (Can be good or bad)
List all surprising examples.
Which part of the trip built the most character in me? Describe in detail.
Was it easy for me to think of home and wanting others to have/share the things that I missed?
What was my least selfish moment?
Was it easy for me to find ways to serve without being asked?
What did my time with God reveal to me about my character?
Did my team aid in the process of my character development? How?

In what specific way did God speak to me about my calling?
Did I take some time to specifically seek God on my purpose in life? Why/Why not?
Combining what God has shown you previously and during the trip, write out your 1, 5, and 10 year goals.
List specific ways you could prepare for finding and fulfilling God’s purpose for you.
How will my calling and God’s people around the world intersect?

What was my most transformational experience? What 5C did it build?
Was there anything about the trip that shocked you? Describe your response as well as the situation.
What fears did I have about this country? What actually happened?
Did you loose your “Squareness” (American Perspective)? If so, in what ways?
How can you share with others about your trip in a way that will impact them?