Author: Adventures

World Race: Gap Year (Fall 2014)

              You’ve graduated from high school and applied to college. Maybe you’ve even spent a year in school. If you wanted to, you could start pursuing the American dream. Or you could choose something different. You could choose to take hold of an unexpected opportunity. The opportunity to see the world. The opportunity to change it. We’re here to offer you that choice. Next year, you could spend nine months diving into three diverse regions: three months in Central America, three in...

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Gallup, NM (14I0614NB, 6/14-6/21)

Learn love’s power in the ethnic diversity of the body of Christ. Join our Navajo pastor/partner and his family as they minister at Native Bible Fellowship, an ethnically diverse congregation in Gallup. You’ll love the people of this church — warm, friendly, and open to meeting new people. Spend time with them and make new friends. These folks have wonderful stories and a unique cultural background and heritage. Your team will bring joy, perspective, and encouragement to share with this church and the people of Gallup. You’ll spend time in the parks in recreational...

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Broken Arrow, Gallup, NM (14I0322BA, 3/22-3/29)

  Help this Camp Develop American Indian Leaders. You’d be hard pressed to find a Christian camp with a greater reach than this one. The young Navajo, Zuni, Apache, and Pueblo leaders trained during the summer camps are already making a difference among their people. Hundreds of kids enjoy this camp every summer. But the large facility demands a huge amount of maintenance and repairs, and the staff needs help to keep things running smoothly.  That’s where your team comes in. Spring mission teams like yours make it possible to keep a huge ministry like this one...

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Wind River – Ethete, WY (14I0802WR, 8/2-8/9)

Create a four-day kids’ Bible camp in the heart of the reservation. As many as 40 kids a day will join your team at our partner church for 2-3 hours every afternoon, Monday through Thursday. This is your chance to provide substantial manpower, a boatload of youthful energy, and a lot of Jesus to a successful Bible camp, right in the center of the reservation. You’ll benefit as kids are drawn to board presentations by Kurt Schafli, an incredibly talented partner whose Wind River ministry connections go back 25 years (see picture). You’ll canvass nearby housing...

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Choctaw – Mashulaville, MS (14I0607CW, 6/7-6/14; 14I0614CW, 6/14-6/21; 14I0719CW, 7/19-7/26)

  Invest in Kids’ Lives in Rural Mississippi   Mornings – summer day camp for kids in Mashulaville. Want to work with a ministry that you know will make a huge difference? Sign up for one of these weeks! Monday through Friday, 30-40 young people show up early at the dorm (your lodging), hungry for breakfast and attention. Prepare to be swept away by their infectious laughter and wide-eyed joy. These kids will watch you and your team model Jesus. Afternoons – the kids of Crystal Ridge, Choctaw reservation. After lunch and a break to catch your breath,...

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Choctaw – Bogue Chitto, MS (14I0712BC, 7/12-7/19)

Impact the Lives of Rural Mississippi Kids through Day Camps and Bible Camps! Every year, a veteran Adventures in Missions project leader gathers missionaries to share the Father’s love. The teams love openly, laugh a lot, and meet the Choctaw and Mashulaville people where they are. Here’s what this week will look like for your team: Summer day camp — Monday through Friday, 30-40 young people show up early at the Mashulaville Dorm, hungry for breakfast and attention. Prepare to be swept away by their infectious laughter and wide-eyed joy. These kids will watch you and...

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