Adventures in Missions

Roosters and Dogs and Cows, Oh My!

February 1, 2015
Adventures
Adventures Updates

I’ve always thought it would be nice to live on a farm where the roosters wake you up instead of an alarm clock…. Well, my dream has come true! Roosters in the morning, dogs sneaking into our room at night, and lots and lots of cows. It’s day 5 here in Cambodia but it’s only our third day at Vuthy’s in Kampot. Our ministry doesn’t begin until tomorrow and we’re honestly not sure exactly what it’s going to look like. We DO know that we will be teaching English and coming up with our own curriculums for the next three months. We’re...

Setting foot in a foreign land

January 29, 2015
Adventures
Adventures Updates

We have arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and it is a surreal feeling! After traveling over 40 hours my team and I made it to the Lucky Star hotel where we had clean bathrooms, warm showers and comfy beds! There is quite a bit of excitement and curiosity in a new city never seen! We first ate a small restaurant near the hotel and at first anticipated to eat the food but it was great! I thank the Lord for this new experience with a strong and a pursuit group of women! All is well in Cambodia!

Safe & Sound!

January 28, 2015
Adventures
Adventures Updates

After many long hours of travel, our ladies have made it safely to Cambodia! Please keep them in your prayers as they get settled and prepared for all God has for them over these few months!

The “Sin City” of the Philippines

January 27, 2015
Adventures
Human Trafficking

In addition to sending short-term trips to Thailand and Cambodia, Adventures has a long term presence in Southeast Asia in the Philippines, where our missionaries partner with Wipe Every Tear, an organization committed to facilitate hope and healing in the lives of sexually exploited women. In the 1960’s, Angeles City was called “Sin City” – the Las Vegas of the Philippines. The Vietnam War raged in Southeast Asia and US troops were stationed at Clark Air Force Base in Angeles City (roughly 40 minutes from the capital city of Manila). Like in nearby Thailand, the...

Cambodia, here we come!

January 26, 2015
Adventures
Adventures Updates

With Training Camp behind them and the world at their reach, these seven Passporters (and their fearless leaders) are jet-setting from Atlanta to Cambodia!! Pray for safe travels and leave a fun comment for them to read when they arrive!

The Price of a Child in Cambodia

January 20, 2015
Adventures
Human Trafficking

Still rebuilding from the devastating impact of the Khmer Rouge from the 1970’s, Cambodia’s paying the price by trafficking its children. Adventures short term teams meet with those on the front lines in Phnom Penh, prayer walk the city, and live the Gospel wherever they are. Angkor Wat: The ancient temple city is on the short list to becoming the 8th Wonder of the World. Every year tourists climb the ruins, eager to photograph the sunrise and post on social media. They brave the heat to scale the walls, to run their fingers on the rough rock and touch a piece of...

The Truth About Bangkok’s Red Light District

January 13, 2015
Adventures
Human Trafficking

One of the top vacation destinations in the world, Thailand is known for its second largest industry: sexual tourism. Adventures short term teams spend time in the Red Light District, sharing the love of Christ with those who desperately need to hear it. Known for its pristine beaches and tropical jungle, the awe-inspiring beauty of Chiang Mai’s lantern festival, pad Thai, massage parlors, and tiger temples, Thailand is one of the top vacation destinations on earth. It’s also the birthplace of Southeast Asia’s Red Light District. Modern day human trafficking in Thailand...

Announcing the Finalists for the 2014 Best of Adventures Storytellers Contest: Vote NOW!

We are our stories, so it’s important to live good ones. But living a good story isn’t the end. Good stories need to be shared. God has given many of our missionaries unique abilities to tell stories beautifully, through writing, photography, and videography, and we want to celebrate the best stories. So for the third year in a row, we’re hosting the Best of Adventures Storytellers Contest. We’ve been accepting submissions for the last month from our Racers and Passporters—blogs, videos, and photos—of their best stories from the mission field. We’ve...

High Heels and Red Lights

January 6, 2015
Adventures
Human Trafficking

January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, where those on the frontlines share more in-depth stories from the field. Adventures partners with key organizations throughout the world working to not only end sexual exploitation but who are also committed to the aftercare and rehabilitation of survivors. High heels and red lights; bare feet, pre-pubescent bodies. Blaring music and metal poles; cages, ping pong games, virgin fees for pink rooms. Dirty alleys, trash, and sweat. Pimps and parents, pornography and ex-pats. Bachelor parties, businessmen, and beer-stained breath....

The Power of a Family Mission Trip

December 30, 2014
Adventures
Family Mission Trips

Rich Bennett, the Vice President of Ministry & Marketing Strategy for Focus on the Family, recently went on a family missions trip with Adventures to Chicago. He wrote on Focus on the Family’s Dad Matters blog about his family’s experience and the impact of living missionally wherever we are. I met a super friendly cook named Anthony while my family and I were in Chicago recently. At least, he used to be a cook. “The best!” he told my wife and me, with a big toothy smile. That was before Anthony’s legs got so bad that he could barely stand any more....

What I Learned from a 5-Year-Old in Swaziland

December 23, 2014
Adventures
Orphans ~ Adoption

Racer John Harbold of 2014 G Squad learned a valuable lesson about thankfulness one evening after dinner, when he went outside and met a 5-year-old boy who hadn’t eaten all day. “Are you hungry?” “Yes.” “What have you had to eat today?” “Nothing.” That was my conversation with a 5-year-old while sitting outside our team house last month in Swaziland. The sun was setting across the African landscape and something within me said to go outside. I walked outside and was taken aback by the beauty. However, behind the beauty of...

The Scars on Our Wrists Matched

When Passport participant Madeline Holden walked into a women’s rehabilitation center in Nicaragua, she was exhausted from the bus ride in the Central American heat. Her fatigue faded as a girl in a red sweater shared the story of her past pain – a story Madeline recognized as her own. *Photo by @rillo02 As we walk into the women’s alcohol rehabilitation center, I am exhausted from the Honduran heat blazing through the windows on many bus rides to downtown Tegucigalpa. The floors are damp, the air is stale, and the gray walls are spotted with Bible verses...

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