Go E.P.S! E.P.S. is what the children from Eratap, Vanuatu, call their primary school for short. You can always tell the impact a team has on a community by the farewell they receive. Farewells in the Pacific Islands are often bid with tears, stories with laughter and a big feast at the end. One recent… Read more »
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Jed & Kayla report back on Cambodia
What happens when your parents abandon you in Cambodia? Either you die of malnutrition, fend for yourself on the streets, or get put into sex slavery. Luckily for the kids at Love in Action and Children of Hope, they were saved from such an awful fate. Our Mission Adventures team came at a critical time… Read more »
Vanuatu, here we come
Mission Adventures is partnering with V2Life in Vanuatu to build a community building this April. The building will be built just outside the capital of Port Vila and will be the first of a new initiative. This building will seek to provide four main things for the village it will be built in: 1. A… Read more »
New for 2010
Merry Christmas. Thanks to everyone who was a part of Mission Adventures this year. Here are 5 new, never been done before in Mission Adventures, highlights of 2010. 1. A Youth pastor had naughty pictures drawn on his face in a village by locals – with assistance from the team… We are still not sure… Read more »
I Stepped In Someone's Pee
Recently I spent a day fasting… Well, actually my feet fasted, they fasted shoes! While my feet fasted, I interceded (also known as “standing in the gap” in prayer), metaphorically and literally around Auckland City, New Zealand. The inspiration for this style of fasting came from a good friend of mine Steps of Justice‘. The… Read more »
James Hargest College in Cambodia
We at Mission Adventures believe that it is the small things in life that count! So that is why we have a long standing tradition (about 9 months actually – but it is a long time if you were standing all of that) to reward certain members of the team the famous “Nerd of the… Read more »
Pre-trip preparations
This time last year the Emerge team were making preparations for the YWAM NZ Ship Tour where we spent several months presenting in schools, churches, youth groups, home groups and even to a couple of artist groups. There were many encouraging stories that came from that experience, but one of the highlights would have to… Read more »
Taking a break from sharing Jesus
Living as a Christian This morning Erica and myself had breakfast with some friends – go the bagels and coffee in Titirangi! We discussed what it means to be a Christian and share with others about our faith. I found a common theme emerged that as a Christian, we are expected to live a life… Read more »
How to deal with what crashed away – Alii Norman
A Poem by Alii Norman after her recent mission trip to Samoa and her work on the Tsunami coast (Lepa). How to deal with what crashed away… Walking along the beach lives scattered on the ground, not a small footprint in the sand to be found. The beach looks the same the sand and the… Read more »
Hamilton Christian School in Samoa
We were nervous about this trip to Samoa in the months leading up to it, as we have always found it tricky to get anything organised there in advance. Thankfully the team of 19 from Hamilton Christian School were a laid back bunch, so didn’t mind that the schedule wasn’t totally certain. In the end… Read more »