You need to prepare for a mission trip. Plain and simple. Although prayer and spontaneity may help create a sense of adventure during your project, failing to prepare for a trip to the best of your ability is just bad stewardship.   Your preparation for a short term missions trip is crucial to the effectiveness of your project. We don’t mean to be harsh, but unprepared groups can damage the credibility of our witness in an area.   As a short-term missions organization, we do our best to uphold the credibility of the host church and local pastor. We guard against losing...

It’s really simple: go, serve, and be changed.  That’s what happened this past month through AIM trips.  And you can read about it in this newsletter.   AIM November 2009 Newsletter Features: Upcoming Trips – Real Life Trips, World Race and Ambassador Trips Extreme Youth Event – December 28-31, 2009 in Matamoros, Mexico Free leader coupon for The Edge Mission Trips Stories from the Field – Hear what others have to say :: Upcoming Trips :: Real Life Trips This January, we’re inviting you to do something different. If...

What are you doing in January?    Some people will be kicking off the new year with all sorts of resolutions from going back to church on Sunday mornings to rigorous exercise regiments.    Others will be starting another semester of college. And still others will continue on with their everyday, ordinary lives. Thankfully, we don’t make any of that an option. This January, we’re inviting you to do something different.    If you’re a college student between 18 and 22 years old, join us on an 11-week mission trip with the Real Life...

Last month, during our 20th Year Anniversary Celebration at Adventures In Missions, we passed out cards and asked everyone to jot down some memorable AIM moments and ways in which the ministry touched them.   Here are some of the prayers, memories, and encourages that were shared:   While out on the World Race, Gary Black described Seth by saying, “He’ll lay down in the mud so you can step on his back and go higher.” I didn’t know Seth well then and didn’t understand what that meant. Having come on staff, I now know. I’ve come to know Seth...

There’s no better time than now to enjoy a mission experience and experience a spiritual transformation that will not only change your life, but the lives of those you serve forever. In the end, everyone’s lives are changed; those served and those serving. It’s what makes being a part of the kingdom so magnificent. October 2009 Newsletter Features: •    Upcoming Mission Trips – June 2010 World Race •    AIM Celebrates 20 Years •    Stories from the Field – Hear what others have to say :: Upcoming Trips :: June 2010 World...

This year at AIM, we celebrate our 20th anniversary. What an amazing couple of decades it’s been! I don’t think any of us could have guessed where we’d be now having started in our garage in Florida. Along the way, we’ve learned so much about listening to the Lord and about responding to him in obedience.   We’ve taken more than 80,000 people on short-term trips. And many of those have gone with us on a longer journey, a journey of discovering God’s kingdom together in the dark and dirty corners of the world.    Through them, we’ve...

You know that weird feeling you sometimes have after a mission trip? Like, your “normal” is no longer normal? Well, that’s — for lack of a better word — normal. In other words, if your life feels a little bit wrecked after a mission trip, congratulations. That’s supposed to happen.   As an AIM staffer, I’ve learned from hearing others’ experiences that a mission trip is the perfect opportunity for God to turn your world upside down. As a mission leader, I have even had the “privilege” of experiencing the feeling myself. On...