We partnered with Team Effort and Pastor Rob of Creators Fellowship in the Church Rock chapter in Gallup, New Mexico on this trip. Our students were given a glimpse of the beauty of Arizona and New Mexico; very different than that of the flat land of Florida. It’s good to take...
This trip was the first to return to a reservation we had previously done ministry on. The Pine Ridge Reservation is the 2nd largest reservation in the United States and because of this we were tasked with working in a completely different area than in 2011. We were housed at the Chanku...
This trip was originally scheduled as a community outreach but God changed our plans when severe storms and flooding ripped through the Florida Panhandle several weeks before our trip was to start. Multiple counties and communities suffered significant damage because of the storm. So...
An experience we will never forget. Hurricane Sandy did millions of dollars in damage in the New York and New Jersey areas. We housed with Greater New Beginnings Ministry and Pastor Jamie in the Williams area of Brooklyn. We partnered with TE to make the trip but also did ministry work with...
What an amazing week of hands on ministry. Our group took the challenge of rebuilding and refurbishing an elderly grandmother’s house who was struggling to raise her three grandchildren on her own. The devastation of Hurricane Katrina back in 2005 was jaw dropping as we toured the New...
What an eye opening trip. The poorest county in the United States is on this Indian Reservation. Students were exposed to how rough life can be right here in our own country. Alcohol, drugs, and suicide run rampant in Pine Ridge. We partnered with Team Effort and stayed at Porcupine School. On...
These Native Americans have an urgent need for the love of Christ. We served in an area where alcoholism, drug abuse, and poverty are a way of life. Only through the Lord can this cycle be broken. Our primary objective on this trip was to build a Christian camp for young people on the...
During a week of service our young people were able to completely sand, scrape, and paint a small local Nazarene church on the reservation. They also did some minor roofing repairs, and installed some siding. We were able to upgrade the camp/church which we were staying, by forming and...