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‍‍‍Questions run your life. I ask myself questions all the time. There are four questions that can help me make the world a better place one step at a time. I ask myself four simple things. Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build good will and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? These are the questions that lead me to make good decisions. If I answer no to any of these questions I know that I shouldn’t follow through ‍‍‍‍‍will ‍‍‍‍‍whatever I’m doing. The four way test doesn’t just help me make decisions it can also help me solve problems ‍‍‍. There are many examples in the world where I could use the four way test. Mission trips are a good way to help people who are less fortunate than you. The four way test can help me decide what mission trip would be appropriate and would make the world a better place. To decide what mission trip to take I would start off by asking myself if the trip is a truth? I would want to know if the trip is truthful to all involved. Also with that question you can decide if the trip is rational or believable. The trip must be possible to take. If the group doesn’t have the equipment or resources to take a trip to China then that trip probably isn’t the truth. If I would take a trip to a country in need like Haiti it would be the truth. There are churches in my area that go to those types of places all the time. Also I would ask myself if it is fair to all concerned. First I would think if it is fair to the country that I would be going to. Some countries do not like foreigners entering their country. Also there is many countries in the world that are in need of help. I would want to go to a country that needs the most help. ‍‍‍‍That would be the fair ‍‍‍‍because they need the most help and you wouldn’t want to go to a country with already an abundance of resources. A trip to Haiti would be fair to all concerned because they are in need of a lot of help. Most people living there don’t have homes so I could help build homes for them. Also I can deliver resources like food and water. Another thing that I would take into consideration would be if the trip will build good will and better friendships. ‍‍Most mission trips build good will no matter what because when the trip is over, it will make whoever went on the trip a better person ‍‍. Also I can have better friendships because I will meet people on the trip and the people in my mission will have better friendships with me. I will want to take a trip that will allow me to meet the most people. I would think I will need to go to a country that has the most people in harm and in bad situations. A trip to Haiti will build good will and better friendships because there are a lot of people in harm there. The last question of the four-way test that I ask myself is will it be beneficial to all concerned? ‍I first would take into consideration if the trip will be beneficial to the entire country or if the trip would only benefit certain people ‍. I also have to think if it will benefit the mission workers and me. So I would not want to choose a trip that puts the workers in harm’s way. A trip to Haiti would benefit all people involved in the trip. I believe all the workers would be safe and the entire Haiti country will benefit from our work. ‍‍‍‍Mission trips are good things that can help many different kinds of people. A mission trip would not only change the lives that I help, but it will change my life. Throughout this paper I asked myself the four-way test questions. I used a trip to Haiti as an example to demonstrate the four-way test. I was able to answer yes to all four questions so a mission trip to Haiti would be appropriate and it will make the world a better place. So I can conclude that the four-way test will help me make the right decisions throughout my life. ‍‍‍‍