Comments on: Share Your Alternative Missions Experience (2008) http://amalumni.vineage.com/share-your-experience/share-your-alternative-missions-experience-2008/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:18:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 By: Travis Mundy http://amalumni.vineage.com/share-your-experience/share-your-alternative-missions-experience-2008/#comment-22 Travis Mundy Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:59:55 +0000 http://amalumni.vineage.com/share-your-experience/share-your-alternative-missions-experience-2008/#comment-22 My name is Travis Mundy and I'm a Youth Director from Tucson, Arizona. Our team of 28 high school students and leaders just returned from Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica after 10 full days of work and worship. I had been looking for a missions agency to go through for our next international trip and several friends and fellow youth workers dropped the Alternative Missions name my way, so I gave them a ring. Instantly I was overwhelmed by the professional-ness of AM and how they just loved on us. As we started planning the trip, they were with us every step of the way, encouraging, guiding, listening. Finally our group departed for Costa Rica, where we concentrated on repairing a school and doing VBS with the local kids. We totally had a blast. It was really hard work (especially considering the 100% humidity), but was great nonetheless. We stayed in an amazing place and were constantly surrounded by cool, loving AM folks. My only regret is wishing I could have stayed longer. Through our time there our team really grew together and in their relationship with Christ. The AM people took care of all the details (even when our of our team members hurt themselves trying to body surf) and we felt safe, relaxed and loved. I would highly recommend planning a trip through Alternative Missions. They're simply great folks. I'm hoping we can do another trip through them maybe in 2010 or so. I want to say thanks to Jeremy, Heather, Barrett and Amy and all the people we met who really changed our lives. You guys really showed God to us and to those you work with every day. My name is Travis Mundy and I’m a Youth Director from Tucson, Arizona. Our team of 28 high school students and leaders just returned from Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica after 10 full days of work and worship. I had been looking for a missions agency to go through for our next international trip and several friends and fellow youth workers dropped the Alternative Missions name my way, so I gave them a ring. Instantly I was overwhelmed by the professional-ness of AM and how they just loved on us. As we started planning the trip, they were with us every step of the way, encouraging, guiding, listening.

Finally our group departed for Costa Rica, where we concentrated on repairing a school and doing VBS with the local kids. We totally had a blast. It was really hard work (especially considering the 100% humidity), but was great nonetheless. We stayed in an amazing place and were constantly surrounded by cool, loving AM folks.

My only regret is wishing I could have stayed longer. Through our time there our team really grew together and in their relationship with Christ. The AM people took care of all the details (even when our of our team members hurt themselves trying to body surf) and we felt safe, relaxed and loved.

I would highly recommend planning a trip through Alternative Missions. They’re simply great folks. I’m hoping we can do another trip through them maybe in 2010 or so. I want to say thanks to Jeremy, Heather, Barrett and Amy and all the people we met who really changed our lives. You guys really showed God to us and to those you work with every day.

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