Does anyone have any advice on speaking to the youth at their church?

I will be speaking about missions and my experience overseas. I recently came back from overseas as a missionary/teacher. I had wanted to encourage this age group with missions and since some of them are going on missions trip this summer. Thank you in advance!Does anyone have any advice on speaking to the youth at their church?
Obviously, from some of the posts here, you know what kinds of attitudes you might be up against. People often view mission trips as a symptom of colonialism and repression. They tend not to realize that many times, mission trips have little to do with proselytizing and can provide serious help, where needed. That's not to say all mission trips and missionaries have the right attitude. But it's equally myopic to not acknowledge both sides to an issue.





I grew up as a recipient of many an American mission trip and grew very resentful of some of the missionaries' attitudes who came to try to ';convert'; or ';teach us a better way.'; But I also recognized that some people came with a sincere desire to reach others on a personal level. I learned not to ridicule where people were in their journey of faith.





What is a good way to talk to youth? Sincerely. A good starting place would be to talk about why you chose to go on a mission. If that's part of your church's cultural expectation, then have them examine why they would want to go and why it's part of their tradition. Talk about the different reasons you went and what you hoped to accomplish and what you would hope they would accomplish. Address some of the backlash and negatives that they might encounter (incorporating some of the things people have posted here would be a good start). Starting off by talking about how people view mission trips (both positives and negatives) might be interesting. Simply being honest and sincere is always appreciated. Then talk about the people you met and the stories. Youth love to hear stories. It'll show to them how meaningful it was to you and to the people with whom you interacted. Does anyone have any advice on speaking to the youth at their church?
Use conversational style.





Encourage questions from the start (if that's your style)





Bring photos - these can be blown up to 8 x11 1/2 - put in sheet protectors and passed around.





Repeat your main points and summarize what you said at the end.





Have fun. You will be fine!





God love you!
Do it God's way and you can't go wrong. Teach or preach to the fathers and let them teach to their kids.
be honest