sethbarnes Jun 26, 2011 8:00 PM

What does AIM do?

Karen and I coach a World Race squad. But we just want to relate as "normal" people without any of the trappings of position. So when one of...

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Karen and I coach a World Race squad. But we just want to relate as "normal" people without any of the trappings of position. So when one of our squad members said, "You are kind of a mystery to our squad," I thought, OK, I should explain what Adventures In Missions does. So here's a brief overview.

What does AIM do? 

Well, first of all, what it does now is not what we've always done. We started small, in our garage, and in a place of pain in our lives. Here's the story.

We make missions personal. We connect the body of Christ to the needs of the world. We use missions as a tool to disciple young people. Here is a list of our ministries.

Short-term missions

90,000 participants since 1989 going on 7-10 day mission trips in the U.S. and internationally

World Race

500 racers in 2011 going around the world for a year, living missionally

Real Life

400 participants going on 2-9 month projects around the world

Orphans

5000 orphans we feed and care for in Africa

Missions bases 

  • Lima, Peru
  • Iquitos, Peru
  • Granada, Nicaragua
  • San Juan, Dominican Republic
  • Matamoros, Mexico
  • Kibera, Kenya
  • Kijabe, Kenya
  • Swaziland
  • Cambodia
  • Haiti
  • Thailand

Sex trade ministry

10 staff in Phnom Penh, future teams going to Thailand & India

Kingdom Dreams

Connecting people to their dreams to build the kingdom

Some people are impressed by all this, but it's God's work - we're just stewards. I'm hoping the best is yet to come. We've got an amazing team of staff people and their leaders are world class. We're committed to following Jesus' example, discipling people one at a time, helping them to understand who God made them to be and how they fit in his kingdom.

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