Date: March 19-29, 2020
Location: Zwedru, Liberia
Leader: TBD

Through Woodside’s partnership with Kim Smith and Wordsower Liberia, we are
supporting a Bible Institute and Training Center that currently runs two weeks per month with over 60 students. Our shared vision is to see a healthy, independent church in every town in Liberia and that these churches would eventually plant other churches.

Trip Overview
• Evangelism in remote villages via hiking and dirt bikes through the forest
• Evangelism and discipleship in refugee camps
• Discipling men within the Wordsower network
• Assist the Wordsower dental team in villages
• Host Jesus film events at villages

Approximate Cost: $3200
Capacity: 8

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age
Woodside Member
Child Protection Program Certified
Ability to lift and backpack 50 lbs. for up to 7 miles

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Date: April 4-11, 2020
Location: Costa Rica
Leaders: Evan Whiteaker, [email protected]
Mary Spezia, [email protected]

Poverty is the source of many of the social problems that CR is currently facing. Poverty is forcing men and women of all ages to fall into prostitution and drug distribution because of the lack of employment opportunities. Many children are victims of the struggles that come with this lifestyle and in many occasions end up in the streets without someone to care or look out for them which at the end only makes the vicious cycle bigger and bigger every day. Come with us as we join forces with Mission House and its local partners in fighting against poverty and hopelessness through the demonstration of the love of Jesus in inner city areas and smaller towns around San Jose.

-Visit some of the most impoverished communities around the city of San Jose.
-Participate in one of our partner’s feeding programs
-Visit and interact with awesome kids from “Casa de Pan” (a shelter for kids that come from dysfunctional families/parents involved in drugs and prostitution)
-Light construction projects. Painting clean up and such.
-Interact with the community / play organized games with local children and youth.

Approximate Cost: $2000
Capacity: 33

Requirements
Child Protection Program Certified

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Date: April 5-10, 2020, subject to change
Location Nashville, TN
Leader: Stephanie Hardie & JP Bopp
[email protected] and [email protected]
Cost: $800, subject to change
Capacity: 28
Requirements: Child Protection Program Certified – Click here

Trip overview:
Students will spend the week running a kids bible club every day, working with a widow’s ministry to care for and assist with different projects for those in need and serving meals and ministering to those who are home-free!

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Date: May 18-24, 2020
Location: Cuba
Leader: Eliseo Hernandez, [email protected]

Woodside will be leading a group of young adults in Cuba as we travel to different villages to provide families with water filters and the hope of Jesus. You can look forward to developing relationships, and sharing the Gospel and clean water with local families.

• Distribute water filters to local villages
• Spend time building relationships with local families and sharing the love of Christ

Approximate Cost: $1650
Capacity: 40

Requirements
Must be at least 18 years of age

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Luke 14:12-14 compels us to love the lame, the crippled, the blind and all others who cannot repay us the hospitality that we give to them.
We have partnered with Joni & Friends and we would love for you to come be a part of showing love and hospitality by spending a week of your summer in Cadillac, MI building relationships with those affected by disabilities as well as their families. If you want to share the hope of The Gospel and give practical help to people impacted by disability, this is an opportunity for you!
• Serve as a friend to a child or adult with a disability or serve as a program lead for a particular area (arts, crafts, worship, etc.)
• Communicate the Gospel in a way that provides joy and hope for families
Cost: $500
Capacity: 20

Requirements
Must be at least 16 years of age
Younger children are welcome to attend is a supportive role with a parent
Child Protection Program Certified

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Location -  Mbarara, Uganda
Leader -  Caleb Whitley & Katie Hankins
[email protected] and [email protected]

Trip Overview - The Uganda team will have opportunities to minister to people in local schools, on the streets, and to the local communities as well as, playing soccer and spending time with the kids in the community.

Cost $2,800
Capacity 13
Requirements - CPP Preferred

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Date: June 23- July 6, 2020
Location: Uganda
Trip Leader: TBD
Join us in Mbarara, located in the western region of Uganda! If you love adventure and want to reach the world for Christ this summer, pray about joining our Uganda Team. You will have opportunities to minister to people in local schools, prisons and on the streets. You will also have the chance to participate in the local church’s Boda Boda Motorcycle Ministry where you can ride out to remote villages to share The Gospel. Come be a part of impacting lives and creating community in this bustling region of Africa!

Trip Overview
• Prison Ministry
• Motorcycle Ministry
• School Ministry
Approximate Cost: $3200
Capacity: 20

Requirements
Must be at least 18 years of age
Woodside Member
Child Protection Program Certified

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Date: July 2-13, 2020
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Trip Leader: TBD

Join us in Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. Ukraine is a generous and respectful society with many who are hungry for The Gospel. In connection with our partners at Kyiv Theological Seminary (KTS), you will have an opportunity to teach English, organize and host a kid’s camp and spend time with the students and families that are a part of KTS. Consider spending part of your summer reaching the lost and making disciples!

Trip Overview
• Host a weeklong kid’s camp
• Teach English as a second language
Approximate Cost: $2500
Capacity: 20

Requirements
Must be at least 18 years old
Woodside Member
Child Protection Program Certified

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Join us as we partner with Convoy of Hope to help with clean-up efforts from the devastation of Hurricane Maria. In the past 20 years, Convoy of Hope has been active in 48 states and providing disaster response, conducting community outreach events, and directing nutritional programs and sustainability projects. Since Convoy of Hope was established, it has brought help and hope to 114 countries and counting. Come with us as we minister to those who have experienced loss and need the hope of Jesus Christ.

Trip Overview
• Helping rebuild churches
• Cleaning homes
• Small construction projects
• Developing relationships with local people
Approximate Cost: $1800
Capacity: 18
Requirements
Must be at least 18 years of age
Woodside Member
Child Protection Program Certified

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Date: September 19-26, 2020
Location: Pifo, Ecuador
Leader: TBD
Join us this fall, as we partner with Extreme Response International in Pifo, Eucador. Extreme Response works to help change the lives of people living in extreme, often life-threatening, situations with their focus on outreach to orphans, refugees, and people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. They emphasize genuine relationships to bring about life transformations for Jesus Christ.
Trip Overview
• Host a Vacation Bible School
• Visit the local dump to minister to women
• Village ministry
• Light construction projects
Approximate Cost: $2700
Capacity: 18

Requirements
Must be at least 18 years of age
Woodside Member
Child Protection Program Certified

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Journey with us to Chennai as we seek to provide physical and spiritual aid to individuals. Partnering with local church leaders you’ll have an opportunity to pray specifically for people’s needs through home visits and medical clinics. You’ll be able to participate in discipling the next generation at a camp designed to equip kids and teenagers with God’s word and with how to share the Gospel. You will also be able to serve with the local church pastors who run “It’s A Girl” centers which make a huge impact in tribal villages by providing nutrition and care for moms with baby girls.

Trip Overview
• Share the love of Christ in a tribal areas
• Host a medical clinic where some people have never seen a doctor
• Visit one of the It’s A Girl childcare centers or orphanage
• Host a 3-day evangelical camp for 200 kids
Approximate Cost: $3200
Capacity: 20

Requirements
Must be at least 18 years of age
Woodside Member
Child Protection Program Certified

apply

Through Woodside’s partnership with Kim Smith and Wordsower Liberia, we are
supporting a Bible Institute and Training Center that currently runs two weeks per month with over 60 students. Our shared vision is to see a healthy, independent church in every town in Liberia and that these churches would eventually plant other churches.

Trip Overview
• Evangelism in remote villages via hiking and dirt bikes through the forest
• Evangelism and discipleship in refugee camps
• Discipling men within the Wordsower network
• Assist the Wordsower dental team in villages
• Host Jesus film events at villages

Approximate Cost: $3200
Capacity: 8

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age
Woodside Member
Child Protection Program Certified
Ability to lift and backpack 50 lbs. for up to 7 miles

apply

The poverty in Costa Rica is forcing men and women of all ages to fall into prostitution and drug distribution because of lack of employment opportunities. Join us as we partner with Mission House and several local churches to fight against prostitution and human trafficking through the demonstration of the love of Jesus in the inner city and small towns.
Trip Overview
• Participate in food distribution and prayer program in the red-light district
• Visit and interact with patients at a local human trafficking rescue house
• Visit shelter for AIDS terminal patients
Approximate Cost: $2200
Capacity:12
Requirements
Must be at least 18 years of age
Woodside Member
Child Protection Program Certified

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Date: November 21-29, 2020
Location: Pifo, Ecuador
Leader: TBD

Partner with Extreme Response to celebrate Christmas with thousands of people who are among the poorest of the poor in Quito, Ecuador.
Our “job” is simply to carry the message of Jesus through the one universal language that translates across every culture, people group, and age demographic on the planet — LOVE.
Come with a heart that’s open, willing, and excited to answer God’s call in 3 specific ways:
1.) To SERVE
2.) To WORK (Up early, get to bed late, and be willing to set up and tear down multiple parties in lots of different locations)
3.) To LOVE, LAUGH, and SMILE in contexts you never thought possible.
Connect with the community (especially the kids) by providing GIFTS, serving MEALS, running GAMES (lots of games!), doing CRAFTS, Painting FACES, and a ton of laughter and hugs in between.
Total trip is 7 days of simply being present and saying “yes” to whatever God has for you each day.
No task is insignificant and each and every team member is a KEY/CRUCIAL part of making it all happen!
Be prepared to be stretched, challenged, and spoken to by God in ways you haven’t previously known.
Cumulatively, this trip will be an experience you will never FORGET and never REGRET.
WILL YOU SAY YES TO THE CALL TO GO?
Approximate Cost: $2600
Capacity: 40
Requirements
Child Protection Program Certified

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Date: February 2021
Location: Chiang Rai, Thailand
Leader: Jim Bedor, [email protected]
In 2007, we began building an orphanage in Chiang Rai, Thailand to offer a safe place for children from the Akha Hill Tribes to come and live. As a result, the Akha Light Foundation was formed and currently houses 75 children. In February 2021, we will be partnering with Pastor Akha John to do ministry and medical & dental clinics in surrounding villages and spend time with the children at the orphanage.
Trip Overview
With Pastor Akha John, we will be visiting several villages to do the following:
• Medical & Dental Clinics
• Vacation Bible School
• ESL Classes
• Distribute Food & Eyeglasses
• Evangelize over 2,000 People
Please consider joining us on this incredible opportunity to reach the Akha Tribes of Thailand for Jesus Christ.

Approximate Cost: $3300
Capacity: 50

Requirements
Must be at least 18 years of age
Woodside Member
Child Protection Program Certified

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Date: March 2021
Location: Rome
Leader: TBD

Join us as we bring the Gospel back to one of the oldest cities in history as we minister to refugees. We will work in an all men’s refugee drop-in center teaching English and Italian, and sharing the love of Jesus with them. This drop-in center is a safe place for the refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan, other parts of the Middle East, and North Africa to come and get off of the streets for a few hours. We will also have the opportunity to impact university students and women refugees through a variety of outreach programs.

Approximate Cost: $2400
Capacity: 16

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age
Woodside Member
Child Protection Program Certified

apply