Adventures in Missions

It’s coming.

September 6, 2012
Adventures
Guatemala

Our Time: We have been here for almost a week and so far it feels like we've done nothing to make an impact. We've been doing a lot of preparation for our ministry. We have learned a bunch of skits and songs (all in Spanish) it's been fun but not fulfilling. I have a longing to go out on the field and give my time meaning. Our first day of real ministry is Monday, I can't wait for Monday. Just a Little Something: I feel something coming for Guatemala. Something big. I have no clue what it is but it's there. It's like a storm that's been building for...

Adventures in Missions Celebrates 100,000 Missionaries

From the moment God first birthed a dream inside Seth Barnes in 1989 to sending out 100,000 missionaries 23 years later, Adventures in Missions has reason to celebrate. Adventures exists to raise up a generation of radically-committed disciples of Jesus Christ. Whether participants are on the field for a few days or a few years, we emphasize prayer and relationships while seeking out the darkest places of the world. “It’s counter-cultural, but it’s not new,” says founder Seth Barnes. “Our methods are Jesus’ own. They aren’t based on a...

Worthy of Praise

September 3, 2012
Adventures
Guatemala

Day One: Arrive to Puerto Barrios after a 5 hour or so bus ride at around 4am. Sleep and rest the rest of the day. We are now on….hang on let me count….day three. It seems like I have been here a month already! Everything has been amazing (I have fallen in LOVE with the food and the people) and I was on cloud nine. Until church last night. I didn't think I had an expectations coming into this trip, but last night proved me wrong. At the service yesterday morning, the worship lyrics were on a screen and the pastor was video recorded from the US so he spoke slower. I was able...

Safe Arrival!

September 1, 2012
Adventures
Guatemala

We just spoke with the team leader and they've all arrived safely in Guatemala. They are in route to their ministry site via a five hour bus ride and will be settling in these next few days and getting some orientation from their host. Expect to see some blogs rolling out in the next few days as they find internet. Thanks for all the prayers for this team! The Passport field support team

Be an Immediate Responder to Hurricane Isaac

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How God Wrote a Great Story with One Man’s Life [Video]

When young Carl Lubbe and his family left Africa to come to the United States, questions surely filled his head. After being loved by a church, Carl would later be brought back to that same church to serve them and find the answers to his childhood questions. Adventures in Missions is happy to contribute our stories to the new Way Bible, by Tyndale Publishers, as it aims to help readers answer their own questions about God. For more information about it, click here. Carl’s wife, Kathryn, told his story in a previous blog post, and now we would like to share a video of...

New people, New adventures, New ME

August 30, 2012
Adventures
Guatemala

My first thought about training camp, was that it was going to be in a nice resort, we'd pack the conference center with worship. I didn't expect anything from my team. I thought we would just get along but not really be close. It might've been awkward, and since it's sometimes hard for me to open up, I thought I would be shy around them. I also thought it'd drag on just because I've been so anxious about this trip. When I first saw the Passporters In the airport, I got so nervous, but I gained the courage to walk up. Immediately I was greeted by Karina, my...

Training Camp: Yoga for Your Soul

August 30, 2012
Adventures
Guatemala

Trust. Surrender. Speak. Listen. Learn. Love. Follow. Serve. How is it possible to learn and grow so much in just three and a half days? I expected to come to training camp and learn about how to survive without committing some social taboo (or getting malaria) and to bond with my teammates, but I could not have foreseen the incredible lessons I have learned this week. In the past few months I have been "preparing" for this semester: buying ministry clothes and bug spray, saying good-bye to my family and friends, and googling everything about Puerto...

He spoke. I listened.

August 30, 2012
Adventures
Guatemala

Coming into camp I didn't know what to expect. I thought it to just be about team building and finally getting to find out exactly what I will be doing on the field. Instead I found myself starting to understand my reason for being on this trip. I thought I knew my reason. I was wrong. I laid down my past an picked up my future, refusing to let my focus be on anything but my future in Guatemala. I found an answer to a question I've had for a long time. How do you hear from God? What does he sound like? I got my answer. A very loud and direct answer. We spent a night speaking...

Proud Jesus Freak

August 30, 2012
Adventures
Guatemala

Like I was informed yesterday, often times, people don’t realize they have kept these expectations locked in their subconscious until one becomes disappointed when those expectations come unmet. All this to say, as I get ready to leave Training Camp, I have no disappointments whatsoever. Maybe that means I arrived anticipating nothing, but I learned a lot. Before coming here, I truly felt suffocated when confronted with Christians that used words like, “rapture,” and “Believer,” and phrases...

World Changer Bootcamp: It’s Getting Real, Real Fast

August 30, 2012
Adventures
Guatemala

"Welcome to training camp passporters! Here's your first assignment: You have ten minutes to return to your cabin and get THREE items. Those three items are all you will have till tomorrow morning. Choose wisely!" I don't know what I was expecting for training camp, but THAT certainly was not it. Using the boyscout skills I don't have to build a shelter out of tarp and ropes was not what I expected. Sleeping outside in the Georgia humidity and pine needles was not what I expected. (Our first night at training camp,...

The Adventures of Guat Girl: The Beginning

August 30, 2012
Adventures
Guatemala

The past week I’ve been sweating it out in the Georgia backwoods, training to become the perfect, put-together missionary that surely God intended for me to be… so I thought. I expected bugs, the humidity, and quality hammock time. And those expectations were met within the first night of training. But I didn’t expect my team of 7 girls to become inseparable within the first twenty-four hours. But my favorite time of day is meal time, because then we’re all together, laughing until we cry. I didn’t expect to spend my first night sleeping in the woods under a...

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