Why I Go

See what the bigo community does on vacation

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  Youthworks Mission Trip

  Author: Victoria Schopper

  Categories: UNITED STATES & CANADA, HELP OTHERS

  As I carefully dragged my sleeping bag out from a pile of typical dusty, smelly closet debris at one o'clock in the morning, I tried to recall the last time I spent the night in a sleeping bag. As I generally avoid any sleeping arrangements that la Read More›



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  My encounter with Gods love in Brazil

  Author: chris lord (Is this you?)

  Categories: CENTRAL & SO. AMERICA, HELP OTHERS

  I agreed to go on the mission trip to Brazil because now that the seniors had graduated we lacked any form of student leadership. My youth minister, Tony, saw this problem and he asked me to take the role of a leader. This two week long service pro Read More›



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  Mission Impossible at Faith Ranch

  Author: Casey Zeigler (Is this you?)

  Categories: UNITED STATES & CANADA, HELP OTHERS

  Mission Impossible. I remember one of the girls in my cabin dropping bibles, pencils, anything within reach to get my attention. Around two-thirty in the morning I feel a tap.  Quickly jolting up, I see her. She looks sad as she tells  Read More›



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  The Great Wall of Israel; the boxed town

  Author: Huda Ayyad

  Categories: EXPLORE A CULTURE, AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST

  Leaving America last summer to the war side of Israel was not one of those paradise vacations an American would have. Before crossing the border from Jordan to Israel, I was in fear. Fear that I would witness the tragedies of war.

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  At Peace with God

  Author: Sarah Zahirudin

  Categories: HELP OTHERS, UNITED STATES & CANADA

  I never thought I would see outside the borders of Wisconsin, at least not until after college when I could afford to travel. However, I saw an opportunity when I walked past a giant poster board displaying pictures of people covered in paint, and  Read More›