Kelly Chadwick has been serving as the program coordinator for our Real Life program for over a year now; previously, she went on the World Race in October 2008, during which she rose up as squad leader in January 2009.  Prior to participating on the World Race, Kelly served as a youth director at a church in Colorado.  She wrote the following post about moving the collegiate generation of believers into followers of Christ. The proper way to start a blog is with a catchy sentence or unbelievable fact that will get your attention and cause you to become so sucked in that you can’t...

If you are a college-aged young adult consider spending this spring semester or summer overseas.  Those of you who want to study abroad, why not serve abroad as a missionary instead?   Take what you’ve been learning in your lecture halls to the world and tackle the issues of poverty, human trafficking and orphans in the following places: Spring 2011: January – May India Kenya Nicaragua Thailand/Cambodia (Southeast Asia) Uganda Summer 2011: June – August East Africa (Expeditions) Guatemala Haiti Hong Kong India (Goa, Andhra Pradesh) Kenya New Zealand Nicaragua Peru Thailand Uganda  Uganda/Tanzania...

We currently have teams of short-term missionaries all over the world this summer. Here are just a few highlighted stories from college-age mission trips, as well as some upcoming opportunities to go. Israel: “The Foolish Things” by Christina Appelgate As I played with the children throughout the night I started thinking about the children: Who prays for the forgotten refugee children in the middle of a barren desert? Who cares about them? Who wipes the snot from their runny noses? Who teaches them the “ten little monkeys” song? Who spends $4,400 to travel across the...

  Real Life: Bolivia 2 months   Project Overview: It’s the hemisphere’s highest, most isolated and most rugged nation. It’s among the earth’s coldest, warmest, windiest and steamiest spots. It boasts among the driest, saltiest and swampiest natural landscapes in the world. Although the poorest country in South America (Bolivians get tired of hearing that), it’s also one of the richest in terms of natural resources. The most indigenous country in South America, with over 60% of the population claiming indigenous heritage, including Aymará, Quechua, Guaraní...

Lila Dillon is currently in Swaziland ministering with Adventures in Missions on a college mission trip. She is bringing hope and joy to a country slowly dying of AIDS. I have what Kate calls “my own little ministry” here in Nsoko. It evolved quite organically and it’s one of my favorite past times here.  One day I saw little Ndu, PG’S four year old son, playing in the gravel outside our house. He’s ridiculously cute so I decided I would go outside and hang out with him. He had this old, almost used up pink marker in his hand and was using it as an...