It was January of 2016 when my heart was first captured to work with those whose lives had been wrecked by sex trafficking.  Up until that point, I had heard very little about this atrocity.  I absolutely had no idea…

I don’t believe many people decide they are going to go on a mission trip to change their own life. Most of the time we, as Christians, look at mission trips as opportunities to; minister, help, love and hopefully change…

I never dreamed or even thought about going on a mission trip to the Philippines. Little did I know God has better plans for me!! He called me to the Philippines through the obedience of my cousin who was called…

On May 15th I made one of the greatest decision of my life, I was finally going to take my first ever missions trip. Ever since I became a Christian at the age of 16, I’ve always had a desire…

As I was growing up, I heard about missionaries throughout my church family. I heard the stories of what they were doing and sacrificing. Throughout this time, I also thought missionaries were people unlike anyone else. They were beyond normal-…

I woke up Monday morning feeling as if I hadn’t slept in weeks. I honestly wanted to climb back into bed and sleep the day away, but I knew that wasn’t an option. We were going to visit a high…

On Sunday, in a little local church in the Philippines, we heard a sermon on Matthew 6:19-21, the passage in which Jesus discusses storing up treasures in heaven rather than treasures on earth. “Do not store up for yourselves treasures…

In the week our team has been serving here in Tacloban (Philippines) I’ve heard this probably a dozen times and I suspect this is often the case for other Adventures in Missions trips around the world.  We get asked this…

I thought I knew. I thought I knew a lot about the issues of human trafficking and the sex trade. I’ve done my research. I’ve followed my friend Meghan’s blog of true stories of the women she’s encountered along the…