Meaningful service-oriented mission work is a key ingredient in adolescent discipleship, repeatedly shown to produce growing and lasting faith in the lives of teenagers. The Short Term Mission (STM) industry is booming and access to world travel has never been easier. Because of these trends, increasing numbers of students are able to go, serve, and be transformed. Yet, what has often been so spiritually transformative for the American teenager and the overall youth ministry of our churches, has taken a toll on the people and places of the developing world. Cultural insensitivity, financial negligence, and religious intolerance are sadly too commonly seen in much our STM effort. The purpose of this study will be to develop youth ministry training resources and best practices that will better allow STM to develop disciples without harming the developing world. With my dual role as youth minister (15 years) and Kenya Partners Vice Chairman (10 years), I propose to spend 3 months in Kenya, a STM microcosm, interviewing various missionaries, pastors, nonprofit staff and directors regarding the issues of STM and then incorporate these findings with my knowledge and experience in North American youth ministry into practical training tools.