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Is taking a college gap year right for you? Taking a gap year can help you understand your identity and discover your calling while you’re also focused on serving others and making an impact. World Race: Gap Year is an incredible opportunity for young adults to experience mission trips! In the span of 9 months, you’ll spend time living at our international bases and serving with our long-term missionary partners in 3 different countries. Especially in 2021 with so much changing in the world, is taking a college gap year even possible? Current World Race: Gap Year participant, Ellie...

World Race, World Race: Gap Year, and Semesters by World Race mission teams are currently on the field serving alongside long-term strategic ministry partners. Our participants are using their God-given gifts and passions to partner with local ministries, serve others and share the love of God. This week, Paula Johnson shows us what it looks like to partner with Ocean’s Edge and Horizon Church in Jaco, Costa Rica. They are serving others through art, worship, youth and children’s programs, surf club, and the recycling center. Check it out! Painting Jaco We have been in Jaco,...

If you’re like us, you have a heart to love and serve others like Jesus. When we serve others, we know we are ultimately serving God, the only one who can truly transform people’s lives. So how do we serve others, whether we are overseas or in our own hometown? On today’s blog, Tymon Aguilar reveals what he has found is the best way to serve the people of Jacó and a challenge for how you can serve the people you encounter everyday. How We Serve the People of Jacó If I’ve learned anything from my time in Jacó is a smile goes a long way. Learning the barista’s...

With the challenges of the past year and many organizations putting all mission trips on pause, many of you are still searching for mission opportunities for young adults. In a time when there aren’t many Christian mission trips abroad, you may be wondering how to find a mission trip in 2021. The good news is: World Race mission trips are happening! Nearly 300 people are currently serving internationally with World Race, World Race: Gap Year, and Semesters by World Race. Mission trips to Africa, Guatemala, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador launched in January, and even more mission...

You want to serve the people God places in your life in a way that is both makes a positive difference in their lives and represents the character of who God is. Often, our fear of doing the wrong thing can stop us from serving others. On this week’s World Race blog, Devin Helm, who is currently serving on World Race: Gap Year, reveals what she has found as the best way to serve others on gap year mission trips. Because Loving is Important The Lord has been challenging me with the idea of how to love. How to love people, how to love myself, and how to understand His love. I have been...

Over the past year, our World Race team has continued to work diligently to make sure we can continue to support our strategic ministry partners while keeping mission trip participants and communities as safe as possible. Though the reality is that a lot of international travel and mission trips have been put on pause, we want to follow God with the expectancy, wisdom, and intentionality needed to pioneer into a world that looks different than the one we were navigating a year ago for the sake of the Gospel. World Race, World Race: Gap Year, and Semesters by World Race mission teams are...