Letter From the Editor

By Katie Hajenius

I’m not really about events merely for the sake of events. They need to have a point, they need to aid in the overall vision, not be an end in and of themselves. What I think is possibly more significant is what happens after the event. How are we actually changed? Do we live differently? This, to me, is ultimately what the big event has got to be about.

So, we’re currently coming off the big event of TWMS. Wasn’t that a historical moment for us all? As a movement and generation in this time in history it was paramount. It needed to happen. I’m so grateful to have been a part and have been able to experience it.

OK, so what now? Do we just wait for three more years until the next one? Yes and no. Yes, because we’re already gearing up for it. No, because that’s not the end-all in the big picture, but rather it provides a bridge that will aid in advancing students to the next level.

In this edition of the Expeditions magazine, we are emphasizing the five-year commitment—partnering strategically and deliberately with AGWM around the world—making investments in specific regions, areas or countries for a longer-term commitment, honing in on the same place year after year in order to see our strategic efforts materialize into lasting fruit. No more hit-andmiss or random efforts … we want to penetrate areas like lasers with God’s sacrificial love and the message of reconciliation.

So, we’re not offering multitudes of missions opportunities. We are focusing on a few. We are also highlighting campuses and individuals who have caught this vision and who have lived it. We think it is important to give you workable ideas and practical tools to help you develop your mission teams. We wanted to highlight being missional as opposed to the event of “missions.” This is why we’ve included an article from someone who is living it in the marketplace as well.

Get ready Chi Alpha, we’re launching out.