no hidden agendas

One another lesson i had also learned during my times of pilgrimages is that it is very important to finance your trip by yourself. Why it is important? Because then you can plan your trip and your time there and so on and you are not depended on someone else rules, regulations etc.

I gained  this type   painful lesson twice when i had limited budget. First i tried to get into Berlin via one mission trip sort of and another time one year later thru attending in DTS school. In both times i realized that those organizers of those things had planned schedules so much that there was left very little free time for those things i had desired to do.

In first case i had grace and favor of Lord for founding way for those things i felt i had to accomplish.
In second case i was there one week before so i could see and realized that it is not worth it to make all those things that are required in that bible school and then maybe have very little time for those things what i really want to do.

  I do not say that it is totally impossible to   findi time for your own desires in those trips organized by someone else  but usually  it can be quite challenging and bringing extra stress with it so that it is not worth it as travels are usually for leisure and rest.

So be wise in planning your future trips and finance by yourself your travelling so that you have not vulnerable for someone else hidden agendas which may not leave so much time for things you really plan to make in your upcoming trip!

Be prepared!

One of the many things i have learned from my pilgrimages to Berlin and Germany is that it is important to go to your trip well prepared with all equipment you may need in your trip and it is important even then when you are on limited budget.
I did learned it on my 2010 summer trip which ended in Berlin and to where i felt i suppose to take something with me to give someone as a prophetic sign and before when i had not started my trip yes i managed to buy picture frame but i did not managed to print it out in right time. And as i wanted to be faithful to the Lord and to this what He had asked me to do i had to manage way to print it out locally already in Berlin and take it to the destination in person and it took the leap of faith and favor of God in the eyes of those mission team leaders who had to give permission for it. Yes i could have done it by mail too but somehow i felt at that time that i had to make it in person.
it was just short drop by as i had not so much time and destination was about one or two hours from that destination where i had to get back to for certain time. Afterward i felt grateful that i decided to step out and accomplish this what I had felt that Lord asked me to do enough i had overcome some challenges on the way with preparing it and getting permission and so on.
So be very well prepared in advance before your trip!