What do you do when you have a life-changing experience? You share it with others.
Seventy-eight adults who have previously participated in Adventures’ trips came from around the country to participate in leader candidate camp.
They took time off of work, university and away from friends and family. Flying across the country, spending hours in traffic and even missing once-in-a-lifetime events, they gave of their time to come be a part of something bigger than them.
Those seventy-eight adults gathered at Adventures in Missions in Gainesville, Georgia to receive preparation to lead over 6,000 missionaries to five continents for short-term missions trips this year.
Encounter, Adventures in Missions’ short term missions department, spent months planning and several days setting up and preparing for participants to arrive at candidate camp.
“I’ve seen firsthand the impact of short term missions with the trip I just led in March to Dallas, Texas. A church was planted during our time there and I can’t wait to go back in June and see the growth and fruit that is taking place. I’m excited to see families and adults coming to leader candidate camp and their passion to better the world.”
– Savannah Rowland, Encounter Department, Adventures in Missions
Once here, the potential leaders spent three days going through the project leader manual, covering everything from dress code and grocery lists to finances and emergency procedures.
They spent time in small groups and in team building activities, portraying how they would act in group situations and how they would react under stress.
They all gathered because they have been changed through serving the needs of the world and want to see that impact furthered.
“I went on an Encounter trip to Guatemala with a group of adults and watched their whole lives change in the span of three days. I know that change is possible and I want to help make it happen.”
– Stephanie May, candidate camp participant, Denver, Colorado.
These candidates have seen the impact short-term mission trips can have, whether these trips last a couple days or a couple weeks. They believe in people enough to invest their time and money in the process of making disciples of all nations.
Are you ready to invest in changing lives and in turn, be changed yourself?
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