The point of the mission trip is to invite young people to act in ways that witness to the promise of God's action, which will make all things new.

— Andrew Root

I have a spiritual journey on earth.Lord anoint and empower me to accomplish my great task on earth.

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I was so done with looking at life through the eyes of beer-drinking cheese-heads. I wanted to go on that mission trip and look through the eyes of someone from a different culture and see what they saw. I wanted to meet people who didn’t crush the can of what they just drank on their forehead.-Rebecca Meyer, Crooked Lines.

— Holly Michael

Okay, news flash. Jealousy is not something I enjoy. I hadn’t felt it much before. But I’d also never been in love. And I’d never been 3,300 miles away from the girl I loved while some punk sat next to her on a couch. A punk who had designs on her, according to Dylan. I needed to lay eyes on this guy.

— Laura Anderson Kurk

I am unique.I have mission.I have a calling.I will fulfill my highest potential and calling.

— Lailah Gifty Akita