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God is So Much Bigger Than Our Failure

Posted 02.28.2017

One of the biggest challenges on mission trips is communicating when you don’t speak the language. While in Cuba, Adventures Staff, Kristen, gave herself permission to fail when it came to speaking…

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They Accepted Christ and Something Amazing Happened

Posted 02.21.2017

While on a youth group trip to Nicaragua, Taylor Escott’s team had the opportunity to share the Gospel with a group of men. When four of them accepted Christ, it was so exciting! But then something…

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God is Good, Even When Life is Hard

Posted 02.14.2017

When Passporter Morgan Hill and her team went to the dump in Mae Sot, Thailand, she didn’t expect to find entire families living there. Her heart broke for those she saw literally living amongst…

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The Secret to Long Term Impact on Short Term Mission Trips

Posted 02.10.2017

We’ve heard it asked a lot: is it really possible to have a long term impact on short term mission trips? The short answer is: “Yes.” The long answer is: “Yes, because long term impact comes throug…

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The Refugee Crisis: Where Great Brokenness Meets God’s Love

Posted 02.10.2017

In the spring of 2016, I spent three months coordinating relief efforts for Adventures short term teams and World Race Squads in Greece. During that time, God challenged me in ways I never could have…

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Why You Can’t Measure the Impact of a Short Term Mission Trip

Posted 02.10.2017

The first rule of the harvest is simple: you reap what you sow. If you plant corn, you’ll reap corn, not pumpkins. The second rule is just as important, but much more overlooked: you can’t fully cou…

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Why Send High School Students on Missions Trips?

Posted 02.10.2017

Every morning when my alarm goes off and I turn on the lights, the brightness and noise shocks me awake. It’s uncomfortable, but highly effective. There’s no going back to sleep once that happens. Bu…

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3 Ways God Uses Disaster for His Glory

Posted 02.10.2017

It’s a huge, eternal, proven fact that God uses disaster to bring people to Him. There are more stories in the Bible of people coming to the Lord through the disaster than through success. In…

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God Doesn’t Need Me. He Chose Me.

Posted 02.07.2017

Before leading an Ambassador trip to Guatemala last summer, Adventures Staff Deb Jones was struggling. Exhausted and full of grief, she needed restoration. Then she entered her busy season, and…

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“She Used to Be Beautiful. The World Has Done a Lot to Her.”

Posted 01.31.2017

Cindy’s* life has been difficult. She’s been living on the streets of Atlanta with multiple addictions and abusive relationships—and it’s obvious just by looking at her. But one night in July…

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God Used Her Obedience to Change a Man’s Life

Posted 01.24.2017

While she was on the World Race, Rachel Martin didn’t want to teach English in Romania. She begged God to change her ministry. When He didn’t, she knew she had to obey. So she taught English the enti…

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Asking God Questions Doesn’t Change Who He Is

Posted 01.17.2017

Kristy Odom didn’t think she had any expectations of her Passport trip to India. Then she got there, and asked God questions about personal pain and why He sent her to India in the first place…

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