Author: Adventures

Human Trafficking : Thailand

*This trip is for women only. Behind Thailand’s beautiful beaches, booming tourism, and the people’s ever-smiling faces lies a terrible secret: modern day slavery. Thailand’s red-light districts attract an ugly form of tourism; many Thai people, even children, are exploited as prostitutes. Partner with a local ministry in a beach city of southern Thailand that is currently the only one of its kind in the region. Provide at-risk women a way out of the commercial sex trade and empower them to remain free.   Your team of women will hang out in bars in the red-light...

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Choctaw, MS – Adult

Provide desperately needed assistance to rural Mississippi kids’ ministries 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...

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Choctaw, MS – Youth

An exhausting but very satisfying week awaits you in Mississippi   Plenty of successful families with solid home environments are raising kids with character, kids who will do well. However, that’s not the whole story. Beneath the veneer of success, job opportunity, better housing, and good education, the social ills now common to the rest of America also plague the residents of the Choctaw reservation and the communities of rural Mississippi. Alcohol, drug abuse, and sexual immorality have embedded themselves in every community, tearing down the foundations of even stable...

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Providence, Rhode Island – Youth

Ministry Overview To bring the hope of Jesus to overcome the despair in Providence, your team will run summer Bible clubs in parks and other locations in the community. The intent is that the Bible clubs will connect the children who attend and the families they represent with the local church body in their community. Soup kitchen, clothing distribution, and homeless ministry may be a big part of this mission project, as well as breaking down spiritual strongholds in the area through prayer walks and basic service projects. How You Can Pray: Pray that God will go before you and...

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Jamaica – Youth Group

An adventure is waiting for you in Jamaica! A carefree culture that only goes skin deep… Crime, Substance Abuse, Physical Handicaps… Strong claims to Christianity that don't match behavior or conviction… There's a job waiting to be done.  People are waiting to be known. God is moving in Jamaica and is calling a generation to "GO!" Spend nine days serving the people of Kingston. Meet people with stories to share and take a second to listen… LEAD children through a summer's worth of adventure and discovery COACH sports while...

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Thailand

Located in Southeast Asia, tropical Thailand is bordered by Burma, Laos and Cambodia. This kingdom is home to 64 million people who primarily speak Thai and where most believe in Theravada Buddhism.  Pad thai is delicious (made with noodles, sprouts, shrimp/chicken, garnished with peanuts)! Beautiful beaches line the coast making Thailand a popular travel destination and a great honeymoon locale.    Unfortunately, the red-light districts in some of the cities attract an uglier form of tourism; women, children, and men from Thailand and other nations are exploited as...

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