Adventures in Missions

Becoming a Child Like Jenny

April 28, 2010
Adventures
Haiti Missions

Stephanie Pridgen is serving in Haiti as a writing correspondent. She is reminded of the faith and innocence of a child as she holds a precious little girl during a church service. She met me at the door of the church. A simple smile was her greeting as she reached up, curled a tiny hand around two of my fingers and led me to the front. We had never met. We had no history together. There was seemingly no reason she should come to me so willingly. Jenny danced, worshiped and shouted with the best of them – a beautiful picture of coming before God with childlike...

AIM: April 2010 Newsletter

AIM April 2010 Newsletter • Word from our director • Upcoming Trips – World Race / Ambassadors/ Adult and Family Groups • Stories from the Field – Hear what others have to say :: Word from our Director – Seth Barnes :: “It wasn’t my fault.” “I didn’t mean for it to turn out like this.” How often we hear words like those in our everyday life. And my response is, “So what?” Actions have consequences and intentions may have little to do with them. In our...

ATL: Ask the Lord and Hear Him Speak

Anna shares her experience at the BE conference in preparation for her mission trip with AIM this summer. This past Friday my youth pastor drove a car full of 5 students and one other adult to the BE conference. After a short breakfast they had there for us, and some fellowship and worship time, our first speaker, Clint Bokelman, came out to speak to us. We did some things that I had never done before. At one point Clint had us all stand up and spread apart from each other. He proceeded to tell us that we were all going to pray and that if God led us to go over and pray for one...

Kenya: Photo Blog of the People of Africa

Jenna Ghizas is currently a Real Life participant in Kenya. She has a gift for photography and shares some of her pictures below… Baby Damarus! I want to take this baby home with me. Her parents said that she was too young 🙁 Denise with this beautiful child at IDP. I just love her face! Our group after our 3 hour hike up the mountain! The most beautiful sunset ever. The light was raining down on every camp at IDP! God is awesome! ...

Turn your $10 into a vehicle

March 26, 2010
Adventures
Haiti Missions

“We were able to give 5,000 bottles of water and 350 lbs of rice and beans to a church that can distribute them…There was a meeting for pastors from Port-au-Prince who were able to tell us what they needed. We’re now able to partner with them and help them meet the needs of those in their community…” —Ashley Musick We want to serve the Haitian church as it follows God’s leading in the years to come. We are preparing to make a long-term investment, and one need is for a vehicle to help transport supplies and volunteers into the places where...

College Students Are Changing the World

Kelly Chadwick recently posted the following to her blog: On a Saturday afternoon in 1806, five college students from New England met to pray for the people living in Asia. People who didn’t know Jesus. And when it started to rain, they simply moved behind a haystack and continued praying. They asked the Lord for direction and vision; they cried out on behalf of people who had never heard his name. And so “The Haystack Prayer Meeting” began the modern mission movement. It was the first documented time anyone in America ever made a...

AIM March 2010 Newsletter

AIM March 2010 Newsletter • Word from our director • Be Conference • Upcoming Trips (Haiti, Ambassadors, and more) • Stories from the Mission Field • Videos from the Mission Field :: Word from our Director – Seth Barnes :: Losing Everything Except Your Faith by Seth Barnes, AIM Director Adam Mclane went on our last trip to Haiti. He met a young man who lost everything except his faith. You can read more about his story here :: Be Conference :: This free...

God Sent the Rain

Kelly Chadwick, the Director of our Real Life ministries, and recently returned from Kenya. While there, she heard an amazing story of a man who said he would only believe in God if God would end the drought. And so God sent rain… Two days after our Real Life Kenya team hit African soil, they were given a few tents and sent into the bush with the Maasai tribe for a week. Their assignment? Door to door evangelism. (Well, maybe hut to hut is more accurate!) So they headed out, confident in the Lord if not in themselves. But for several...

Continued Healing Occurs in Kenya

Jenna, a Real Life participant in Kenya, shares a story about a lady she has been ministering to during her time in Africa… Louis is a lady who has been in the woman’s ward at the hospital since October paralyzed from the waste down from an accident. Everyday the doctors have to rotate her on all sides so that bed sores don’t form. When we 1st met Louis she was this sweet, timid lady who would barely look at us. She loved to sing, but she would never sing for us- we just has to sing for her. She could barely lift herself up; she had no strength in her arms and...

Real Life: Watch the New Promo Video

In the Real Life program, missions-minded college-aged individuals (ages 18 – 21) spend part of their summer or semester traveling to exotic locations all over the world. After training camp, participants are sent out into the world to assist local churches, ministries, and missionaries as they share their faith in adventurous and exciting ways. Here’s how to get involved: 1. Watch the video below. 2. Visit the Real Life trips page and find the place God’s calling you. 3. Apply. 4. Spread the word via your social networks. Life is meant to be...

If You Won’t Be Their Father, Who Will?

Neil Bruinsma, a World Race alumnus, shares in this heartbreaking story of how he has helped to father some of the orphans of Swaziland… We had just pulled into the carepoint in Thulwani. The kids gathered around the big tree to welcome our arrival. I noticed a boy sitting on a concrete slab all by himself. His leg looked bandaged up. I immediately went over to him and with the help of our translator I ask what was wrong. Apparently three days ago he had fallen off the back of a motorcycle and was dragged some how. I...

AIDS: The Reason Swaziland Will Soon Cease to Exist

Debbie is currently on a Real Life team in Swaziland. The Swazi’s have experienced a tremendous amount of pain and devastation due to AIDS. It is believed that their country is slowly dying off as a result a. Debbie shares feeling heartbroken and helpless for the people dying in this country. I’m not sure how many times I will say on this trip how in awe I am that God called me to Africa and I’m finally here. At times I don’t feel as though I’m even really in Swaziland although my senses drastically tell me otherwise. My eyes see...

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