Extreme Missionary Adventures (a ministry of Macedonia Missions, Inc) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping volunteers make a positive impact on their world. Our volunteers share the love and good news of Jesus with overlooked people in remote locations around our world. We also help with human needs such as medical, dental, construction, educational and other basic needs along the way.
The Method...
We partner with native believers and missionaries internationally and then send in short term teams (one week at a time so anyone can go) to help with local needs whether through encouraging existing believers or evangelizing new areas. We desire to empower the body of Christ stateside to serve internationally alongside existing believers. This in turn creates a cycle of fulfilling the great commission through international missions. But then bringing the enthusiasm realized from an international mission trip back home to use as momentum for sharing Christ and making disciples stateside as well.
The Adventure...
God has put within each of us a desire for excitement, a need to rise above the mere everyday existence, a passion for adventure. We may have suppressed the burning urgency of this passion so that all that is left is a small glowing ember. Or we may try to satisfy this need with second hand adventure such as watching sports or reality TV. But it is still there. It is still part of our basic make up. It’s part of our DNA.
God has also given each of us a purpose. We are here for more than to just get all we can get. ‘The one who dies with the most toys wins’ may make a humorous bumper sticker but it is not the answer for a fulfilled life. God has given each of us talents and skills such as medical, construction, teaching, listening and caring. Our purpose and true satisfaction is found in using our unique gifts to help others, especially those who are not able to help themselves.
XMA’s calling is to combine these two often suppressed life needs into an ‘Adventure with a Purpose’. On an Extreme Missionary Adventure you’ll get all of the adventure you want but it’s not just adventure for adventures sake. It’s an adventure with a purpose. It could be showing love to abandoned children in a small village orphanage in Honduras, a medical/dental team working in villages along an Amazon tributary in the Peruvian jungle, giving educational assistance to a teacher in a one-room school high up in the mountains of Central Asia, helping with a building project in the interior of Mexico, hunting exotic animals like Ibex and Marco Polo sheep in the mountains of Asia, or maybe helping rural Central Americans improve their standard of living with micro-credit or farm assistance projects. Most importantly, through all of these and other activities, showing others how Jesus can give purpose, peace and meaning to their lives. Use the links on the right to find out more about our work. *We are a 501(c)(3) organization under Macedonia Missions, Inc.