At a Glance Throughout the world, God is triumphing over darkness and is using Adventures in Missions in His redemptive plan. God’s call to shine the light into the darkness leads missionaries to travel to places they wouldn’t normally go. Through programs like the World Race and Ambassadors, Adventures in Missions creates mission opportunities for high school ages through adults.     Adventures in Missions’ missionaries give us a glimpse into the darkest of places, and how Jesus is bringing hope into each situation in the far corners of the earth. It’s...

World Race Alum Erika Michael is on a 6 month Kingdom Journeys trip, sharing hope and healing with women throughout the world. While in Peru, her team held a retreat for women who were able to experience hope, healing, and the freedom of choosing forgiveness.  Purple table cloths on tables. Journals written in, and set on the tables. Flowers in tea cups. Banners on the walls.  We were all set up and ready for the women. The day we had been planning and praying about had come. We waited on the balcony for the comvie bringing the women.  The comvie came and the women poured out...

She stood in front of 150 strangers and was asked to speak. When Guatemala short term trip missionary Kathy Sikora was asked to give her testimony at a church service, she expected only 15 people in the audience.   While on our mission trip to Guatemala, our team was asked to share at a village just outside of Chichicastenango. I was excited, anxious, and nervous about this village visit, mainly because I had decided to share my testimony for the very first time. As I started to pray about what I was going to say, one thing was very clear to me: I was to do this without any notes. What...

There is nothing more life changing than coming to full realization of the power of forgiveness. STM trip participant to Cambodia, Lisa Capenigro, describes what she learned while walking through Cambodia’s Killing Fields.  On our first full day in Cambodia, our team visited the Tuol Sleng prison (S21) and the Choeung Ek Killing Fields. I watched the movie and read up on the Khmer Rouge genocide prior to this trip, but nothing could prepare me for the horror of being there in person. From the bloodstains on the walls of S21 to the bones and clothing poking out of the ground at the...

Before she left for her short term missions trip to Haiti, Ashley LaBella heard a lot about what she would experience. But what she found was a land completely different from she expected. We hear about the devastation and desperation in Haiti. We know the immense need for love and God’s presence, and of course food, water, and homes. We see pictures and stories on the news.  We build up our own expectations on what it might be like there, but let me tell you; once you are truly there – nothing is at all like your predictions. There is so much...

While on a Church-to-Church trip to Cuba in 2014, Adventures Staff Colby Gardner saw a witch doctor commit his life to Christ. It was just another day in Cuba. Then, from a distance, I noticed the commotion: A crowd gathered. Voices rose. Hands-on combat. Violent wailing. Words flew through the air as slashing swords. This meant war. These were the hardest demonic attacks yet, he had explained. It was taking everything he had left. “We rebuke every demon in the name of Jesus. We bind the enemy in Jesus name and say flee! You do not belong here! Come...