At a Glance World Race introduces our new program World Race: Semesters. The program is open to ages of 18 – 22. You can choose your Spring 2019 trip right now! Are you interested in the World Race, but not quite ready for a yearlong commitment? We’ve got just the thing. We’re thrilled to introduce a brand new program called World Race: Semesters! This program will allow anyone between the ages of 18 and 22 to travel with us on mission for 1 to 3 months, instead of 9 to 11, like other World Race programs. This means you can get experience in international ministry...

Passporter Ashley LaBella describes what it was like walking the streets of Jaco on Valentine’s Night in Jacó, Costa Rica, and sharing God’s love with sexually exploited women. “Sin City? What possessed you to want to stay there?” Jacó, Costa Rica, boasts a range of brilliant natural beauty by day: from the exotic flowers in bold red and orange hues, and the mountains stretching across the dark sandy beaches, to the colorfully painted smoothie shacks along the coastal streets. However, as my team and I go into our fourth week here in Jacó,...

For years, Passporter Liz Hebel felt distant from God. It took her traveling to a new continent to discover how near he has always been. It’s been four years since I last talked to God. It’s been four years since I last had a relationship with God. So if you told me last year that I would spend my 21st birthday in the Amazon rainforest with 13 people I didn’t know, doing ministry work, I would have laughed in your face. I spent four years filling my body with cheap, materialistic imitations; trading a healthy body and mind for meaningless affection and an empty high....

Passporter Shannon Budnick shares how God has used her time in Thailand to show her how great his love for her really is. I have struggled with shame for nearly my entire life. There are times when my brain keeps me up at night going over every mistake I made that day, and then each mistake of my lifetime. That usually lands me in tears and wishing for someone to hold me, but I’m too ashamed to ask, so I cry alone. The thought of letting someone else in terrifies me; I think I’m too broken to allow anyone to get close. This shame has affected my self worth as well. The other...

It’s early morning in South Africa as Passporter Christie Sanchez watches the sun rise over Pretoria. Her family and friends back in the States are still asleep, as are her teammates in the building beside her, and thoughts keep racing through her mind.  It’s just her and God.  At ministry the day before, as the children surrounded the vehicle before it even stopped, little hands pulled her from inside and tugged for attention, beautiful brown eyes and laughing voices, longing for love, desperate for the touch of God. Through the language barrier, the clearest English words...

At this point in the year, most young adults 18-22 are beginning a new semester at college. For nearly 60 students, last week began a whole new kind of adventure for them as our fall Passporters spent a few days in training before launching last Saturday. Over the next three months, five teams will be doing ministry in India, Thailand, Peru, Nicaragua, and on an African Expedition serving in South Africa, Mozambique, and Swaziland. It’s sure to be an incredible and unforgettable semester abroad as these young adults experience new cultures, minister to the least of these, and get pushed...