Pictured here is Gary Lane from Georgia. For the past 22 years Gary has given a mix of 1 or 2 weeks of his time or sometimes whole summers volunteering his time as a work-site contractor on Mission Discovery mission trips. It [...]
"Ann, we have a note on our door that the youth group wants to sell us 'Flamingo Insurance.' It insures us against future invasions of plastic flamingos." I'm sure every youth leader has connected with this mission trip fundraiser. 25 plastic flamingos [...]
While in Jamaica with our first-ever women’s missions trip (a tremendous experience!), we stopped at a grocery for supplies. Several of our team members struck up a conversation with Donavan, a 20 year-old store clerk. They discovered that he had grown up [...]
The single beautiful blossom greeted me at the Jamaica School for the Deaf. She was unlike any flower I had seen, basking in the sunlight. Her bloom was humbly peeking down, as if to say “we are honored to have you in [...]
From Ronne Rock: The road is rough and winding, and at times it feels as if it folds in on itself as it snakes around vine-covered trees and deep valleys. But at the end of that road is Eden, a little smiling [...]
When the team arrived in Jamaica the team exited the secure area of the airport together. The group leader was somewhere in the middle of the sea of yellow shirts. As they dropped their bags at the curb to wait for our [...]
Mission Discovery partners with Songs for Sound to taking hearing miracles to the Jamaica Christian School for the Deaf. 97% of deafness can be treated/restored using a surgically implanted device called a cochlear implant. Songs for Sound raises funds and awareness for [...]
I had the great opportunity to lead groups in Montego Bay this past March. What a life changing trip for all of us. We served at Jamaica Christian School for the Deaf and at Blossom Garden Children's Home. In Eden, at Jamaica [...]
Two years ago I was sitting on a porch with a hand full of adults on a Mission Discovery trip in Jamaica. By Wednesday a few coffee drinkers had discovered my small coffee press operation that yielded 2 cups of Blue Mountain [...]
Last year I was sitting on a porch with a hand full of adults on a Mission Discovery trip in Jamaica. By Wednesday a few coffee drinkers had discovered my small coffee press operation that yielded 2 cups of Blue Mountain coffee [...]