Author: Adventures

  Macedonia, once part of Communist Yugoslavia, is in the Balkan Peninsula. The country gained independence in 1991, but its history is riddled with conflict over its territory, as various countries have tried to absorb its borders within their own. Once part of ancient Greece, Paul himself preached in Macedonia.  With 65% of the nation Eastern Orthodox and 33% Muslim, Macedonia also has the 5th highest percentage of Muslims in Europe. As this new nation still struggles for solid footing in uncertain times, you will share the life-saving truth that complete security comes from...

This Fall we’re taking Passport to Zambia, South Africa, and Botswana to share the love of Jesus. Zambia boasts one of the seven wonders of the world, the rushing heights of Victoria Falls, known as “the smoke that thunders”. South Africa is home to gorgeous coastal cities with thriving cultures. Botswana is home to vast deserts and a national park with the largest elephant population in the world. In these nations you will serve with local ministries to equip the local church with training for kids, youth, and camp ministries in rural and urban areas: Through...

Thailand Behind Thailand’s beautiful beaches, booming tourism, and the country’s ever-smiling faces lies a terrible secret: modern-day slavery fueled by poverty. Thailand’s red-light districts attract an ugly side of tourism. Families go into debt in order to pay for food, rent for their homes, or even to build bigger houses. When debts are called in, the young girls are sent to Bangkok or other tourist cities in order to provide for their families. While the males go to the temple as monks in order to earn merit, it’s the responsibility of the female to provide for...

Panama: Home to the Panama Canal and the largest rainforest outside of the Amazon, the country of Panama connects Central and South America. And thanks to the Canal, which connects the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic, Panama is one of the leading economies in Central America.  This team will serve about 7 hours away from the canal in a rural, mountainous town at the base of a volcano, right outside the tourist destination of Boquete. Your ministry will focus on the indigenous people group of the Ngobe, who are amongst the most impoverished indigenous groups in the world. The people...