Costa Rica is a unique port of call known for legendary beaches, the pura vida (“pure life”) mentality and island culture. From beautiful national parks to majestic volcanoes, this country has all the elements of paradise. Beyond the tourist industry, the native people suffer. One in five people live below the poverty line. With the rise of inflation, many citizens who depended on foreign trade have been left without a way to provide for their families. Often this results...

              Behind Thailand’s beautiful beaches, booming tourism, and the country’s ever-smiling faces lies a terrible secret: modern day slavery. Thailand’s red-light districts attract an ugly side of tourism. Thousand of people, even children, are exploited as prostitutes. You can help. Partner with a local ministry in northern Thailand teaching at-risk women a trade and providing a way out of the commercial sex trade..   Your team of women will enter the red-light district,  reaching...

            Spend your summer in Guatemala, a land of natural beauty, excellent coffee, tumultuous history, and vanishing hope. It’s more than just pretty scenery. Guatemala is also home to families living in garbage dumps, orphanages, natural disasters like volcanic eruptions and mudslides, and overflowing prisons. You can reach the people of Guatemala by bringing the hope of Jesus to the hurting. Minister to the communities by leading VBS, visiting the sick in their homes, teaching English or community...

With a low life expectancy and high infant mortality rate due to AIDS, hope is just one of the necessities many people of Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe go without daily. Here, you'll have the opportunity to share the love and hope of Christ with those you meet on this African Expedition.  Be prepared to embrace simple living. You will be totally immersed into the African way of life as you bring the kingdom of God to these nations. You will eat what they eat. You will live in their villages. You will walk with them. Your ministries may include: church...

            Nicaragua’s biodiversity and booming tourism mask the hurting and forgotten people of Central America’s largest country. Nicaragua’s unemployment rate is rising and most of Nicaraguans live on less than two dollars a day.    Here, you can connect with people in the slums. You’ll have the opportunity of serving and meeting the needs of those in desperate poverty. You’ll also spend time serving the children of a local orphanage. You can expect construction, gardening, teaching English and...

Beyond the shadow of Angkor Wat, one of the Seven Wonders of the World and Cambodia’s landmark, many Cambodians struggle to survive. The whole nation, especially the older generations, are still healing from the genocide perpetrated under Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. Many have lost all hope. You may have the opportunity to work at an orphanage, helping raise up a generation that will tranform the Cambodian society.  You may also have the opportunity to reach out to the many victims of human trafficking in Cambodia. Help teach these women life skills that will provide an...