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After weeks of training at our Adventures in Missions campus, World Race: Gap Year 2020 participants made it to the international mission field at the beginning of January 2021! Each day on the World Race looks different as Racers work with our strategic ministry partners and learn to look for opportunities to share the love of God in day-to-day life. Today, Mackenzie Tkach and Emma Austin share what their typical day looks as they begin their second month in Costa Rica (with photos from Anjali Joy). A Day in the Life (Costa Rica Edition!!) Here’s a glimpse into a typical day in the...

The World Race is a life-changing mission trip where you will learn to seek first the Kingdom of God, so you can experience a deeper life with Jesus, live in authentic community, serve others and share the love of Jesus. Not just on this mission trip, but for the rest of your life. This week, Hannah Jones (World Race: Gap Year) shows us that it’s not just about the mission trip; it’s about learning to see opportunities to share the love of God with people outside of planned ministry hours. In Every Moment I am currently writing from a local elementary school in a rural Costa...

It’s important to us that all of our World Race and Gap Year missionaries have an opportunity to connect with Jesus and what He’s doing, to be awakened and activated to their role in the Kingdom of God, both around the world and here in the United States. We are dedicated to ensuring these experiences happen in the context of a plan for sustainability, and we are constantly growing in our effort to make sure our service is actually helping. World Race and Gap Year teams work with long-term base teams and strategic ministry partners that have a long-term plan for sustainability. And this...

This week’s blog comes from World Race: Gap Year participant, Elina Landin, currently serving in Ecuador. For more of her stories from the field, check out https://elinalandin.theworldrace.org/.  Photos of dancing in a field with underprivileged children, buying an assortment of fruits from the bustling city market, painting the walls of an inner-city orphanage. The concept of ministry as the world knows it, is foreign in the world of a global pandemic. Handing food to the children of Africa isn’t as picturesque with a mask on and 6 feet apart, but maybe that was never the point. ...

There is no doubt that COVID-19 has put a strain on our routines, our plans, and ultimately, our definition of normal. Yet, even in the midst of so much uncertainty and unknown, God is still moving. We are deeply committed to the mission God has given us to reach the world for Christ. Though we may have new challenges now, we are still mobilizing missionaries while adhering to the guidelines that allow us to care for not only our participants, but those we are called to serve. With diligent preparation and wisdom and safety at the forefront, World Race has launched squads to Colombia,...

This week’s blog comes from World Race Alumna, Mary B. Safrit, a Manhattan-based writer, podcaster, speaker, and creative coach. She creates content that helps single Christians build community, find belonging, and live out their calling. Her podcast, Unsuitable with MaryB. Safrit, on which she interviews single Christians about their lives and faith, is in its fifth season. You can listen wherever you get your podcasts. For blogs, resources, and more, check out marybsafrit.com. I left for The World Race as a fresh college graduate in September of 2012. At the end of month 3, we were...