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Conversations that Matter…

PACIFIC GARDEN MISSIONChicago’s Oldest Homeless Shelter   Taking a Tour of the Facility   Making 400 Beds for the Residents!   Eating Dinner with the Homeless   Conversations that Matter…   GOSPEL The second day started off with us going…

Leaders Log Trip 4, Day 3:

Parks in the Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago are the gathering place for the neighborhood. Some people have their own yards, or their own fields or like other urban dwellers they depend on parks to be a place of reprieve from…

Leaders Log: Trip: 3 Day: Last

The South Dakota Pennsylvania teams didn’t only bond together and with us, but with everyone they seemed to meet. Their goals were similar and seemingly simple: Show Jesus, love well.   These seem simple because they don’t involve four syllable…

Leaders Log: Trip: 5 Day: 1

Have you ever tanked with good intentions? (If you just raised your hand, I can relate to you. I have very physical and visceral reactions to things I read. You are not alone.) Well, to be really frank with you,…

Serve Where Needed

The participants were asked: What is one story you would like to share from the trip? One participant said: “Talking to people on the street. Doing small things made an impact on me because they were tasks that weren’t easy…

Deep Dish Pizza

Deep dish pizza…. this is probably all you need to convince you that Chicago is the location of your next trip with Adventures in Missions; BUT, lucky for your, there are plenty of more reasons to end up in Chicago.…