One of our groups this week has been working with Safe Haven, a government sponsored children’s program that runs at the church. Jim, a father of one our participants, has been helping to lead the youth doing this ministry. The…

Our crew going out with the pastors of the church for frozen ice our first night in Chicago. Serving the church by cleaning with huge smiles on their faces! I know you can’t tell, but I promise you, they were…

One of the many things that missions shows us is that we as Christians really are a family in Christ. No matter where you go all around the world on your mission trip, the fellow believers you encounter are family.…

Painting closets isn’t fun. Let’s be honest here, there’s questions such as, “Is this really necessary?” And once you deem it necessary, “Do I really need to do two coats?” and, “What about the hanger rod, do I paint that?…

Leading is hard, and after this summer, and some reflection I have come to realize that most leaders have a place they can retreat back to and talk about leading. For Kristen and I it was typically in “The Nook”…

That’s a Wrap!  Sign up for our fall Chicago trip by clicking here.  Applications are being accepted now for October 12-17, 2014!   After 8 weeks of ministry in Chicago, our very last summer team went home today… It’s been an…

A Day in the Life of a Teenage Missionary… I started my day off with eating breakfast!! We then had a discussion about what happened the previous day… Then the kids started piling in and hopping on computers,watching t.v ,and…

SAFE HAVEN After School Program for At-Risk Children With day two starting we now have a little better understanding of how life works at The Safe Haven. The first day was a little over whelming with so many children running…

Pilsen, Chicago BLOCK PARTY OUTREACH   The next main event of the day was the Block Party. There were quite a few people there, mostly children from Safe Haven. We had three main events:Basketball, 9 square in the air, and…