As the teens flooded into the warehouse we stayed in Denver for the week, I watched shy people start mingling and settling in. By the end of the week I saw brave joyous souls full of laughter share their stories.  What…

We had the privilege to send teams two mornings to work with Extreme Community Makeover.   ECM coordinates volunteer teams to partner with underserved people to improve their homes and neighborhoods "One Block at a Time." We cleaned alleys over several blocks by…

I don't know when it happened, but it was a miracle. Somewhere between the showers breaking and the fifth day of fast food something shifted. The buildings seemed smaller than when we arrived. Crosswalks were now a norm.  We were…

Denver surprised us this week. While some of us had prepared for “roughing it”, we never imagined it would look like spending our nights in an indoor skate park. After getting used to sleeping on the hard ground and shoddily…

This blog was written on the field by Zavier, one of the youth that was in Denver. Zavier came on the trip not sure what to expect. However, with Jesus, Zavier found himself changed: God has done some major stuff in my life for the…

            At first glance, Denver seems like a huge amusement park. There are a million stores, city lights, and even a free bus that will take you through one part of downtown. There’s even a city…

Words cannot adequately describe what has happened this last week in Denver.  Sure, phrases like “homelessness”, “soul searching”, and “Chipotle” are some of the first things that come to mind, but really, I think something beyond words happened.             One…

Typically when people think “mission trip”, the typical visions of holding starving children in Africa immediately come to mind. While those things are something that I have done and could tell you still needs to happen, our group is really…

If you sign up for a trip to Denver with Adventures Youth (youth or school group trips), you will have the opportunity to be stretched in your faith. We challenge our mission trip participants to go outside of their comfort…