The Ultimate Youth Missions Promoting Cultural, Social, Spiritual and Educational Growth

Mission trips are no longer limited to Christian neighborhoods only. Since the travel options are aplenty, anyone with a fascination to serve his or her neighborhood or overseas can do so by taking Christian mission trips easily. Due to improved worldwide communication and discount youth or group missions travel cost, increasingly more number of youth sharing a common faith tend to be stepping forward to give a helping hand to socially ostracized or needy people. These youth with a mission usually consider extensive outings and market quality teen missions adventure services in various countries which enhance interpersonal, cultural and educational growth. Thus youth missions are perfect for those seeking a special connection with fellow missionaries and people of a different culture, as well as to broaden their work worldwide and encounters through their journeys.

Youth mission trips can last from the single day to several months as well as cater to a myriad of needs and preferences whatever the size of the actual teen's group. To assist the less fortunate and sharing the love of the Lord are the main objectives associated with such trips. The first timers in youth missions can promote the help of local people and churches to share the focused mission's trip to have God's benefits and blessings in everything they do to serve socially unreachable individuals.

Youth Quests is definitely an international missions trip specialist arranging national as well as overseas long term and short term mission trips for teens, mission trips for college students, religious leaders, families, groups and youth. The Youth Quests' program primarily focuses on lending a helping hand in order to help the needy, and to get that sense of satisfaction just by viewing them smiling. Our experience within national and foreign quests is responsible for touching many lives, including the short term missionaries as well.

Special Features of a Youth Missions Trip:

• It propagates awareness amongst youth and groups of mission outings through promotion and publicity of the trip using leaflets, posters, social networks, Facebook and Twitter posts, informational letters or newsletters, which communicates spiritual benefits and organizes pre-trip instruction.
• This facilitates church awareness of youth involvement within missions.
• It makes use of community related resources to assist the teen's group turn out to be actively involved with missions and enjoy them on several levels.

If you wish to be a part of Christian short term missions, if you take youth on missions to foreign countries, then contact us at Youth Quests today and we will help you serve to socially downtrodden individuals better by helping all of them financially via our effective group or youth on a mission programs.

What Are The Initial Steps I Should Take For A Missions Trip?

Initial Steps and Preparations For Your Missions Trip

I wanted to provide you with the Initial Steps for you to get started on the process of preparing for your mission’s trip.
The process is as follows:

1. Please download proper application.
1. Download the appropriate YQI application,for you as an individual or group, for all the trips except the Jamaica trip.  We will provided you with the Jamaica application at your request.   For domestic missions trip we will provide some different instruction once you contact us.
2. Please fill out the individual or group application and include a recent picture.
3. You may pay for your individual or group registration fees online at this location.
1. If you are interested in signing up or to get more information on your specific area of interest please follow the links below.  To pay for your registration fee online or download your specific application go to the following locations.  On the left hand side is the payment button for the registration fee.  If you are interested in another team Contact Us with your request. Go To Mission Trips or Volunteer Trips Abroad
4. Please Email the application and picture to us at info@youthquests.com or mail it to Youth Quests, 13835 N. Tatum Blvd. #146, Phoenix, AZ.  85032
5. If you haven’t done so already, as soon as your are able to, please send a digital photo of yourself to this us by email.  Please make the file name of the picture your name.  We will use this for a support letter for you
1. Please download the YQI policies.
6. As soon as we receive your registration fee we will be providing you with more information and instructions for the particular team of your choice.
7. Now please take time to read about Preparing For Youth Mission Trip and Expenses.
8. In enough time prior to your teams departure start and complete your Missions’ Bible Study and Training.
9. Other training and preparation materials will be posted on your private teams pages.

Go to the Mission Trip News and our Facebook Misson’s Page.

God Bless and we look forward to meeting you soon,
Youth Quests International

Haitian Missions Trip 2011 Updates - Group Going In June

Haiti is still very much in need of assistance and a helping hand.  We are planning a team right now to go to southwestern Haiti this coming June of 2011.  There is much to do in various areas such as finishing the agricultural project that is almost completed, get a well drilled for a good water source, and starting the process of building the orphanage and building the funding sources and backing to sustain this for a long-term and sustainable resource for the unfortunate children.
For more information or to get involved with Haiti Missions or Short Term Mission Trips contact Youth Quests today.

Youth Quests International - Quarterly News Letter Aug. 20th 2010

Missionary News with

Youth Quests International & John and Becky Andrews

We wanted to share with you the blessings resulting from the help you have given in supporting this ministry and the missionaries who went this year.

Php 1:3-7 I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you, always in every supplication of mine on behalf of you all making my supplication with joy, for your fellowship in furtherance of the gospel from the first day until now; being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ: even as it is right for me to be thus minded on behalf of you all, because I have you in my heart, inasmuch as, both in my bonds and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers with me of grace.

1. Youth Quests sent support funds to Western Kenya twice in the last few months to help with the pastor and congregation who were in a condition where many were starving.  This church ministers to many in the area; reaching out the widows, orphans and refugees from Northeast Uganda which are called the “Invisible Children” and adults fleeing the violence.     Link to Testimonial
2. Youth Quests International sent support funds to help with the pastors in Haiti this spring helping them buy food and things due to the increased costs of food and supplies from the earthquake.      Link to Testimonial
3. John took a trip to Haiti with four other pastors in the spring to assess the area for needs and ministry opportunities for the two teams going down this summer. Special meetings were held at that time also.
4. Haiti Missions Trip  Group I The team worked on some crucial improvements for the teams who will be doing follow up work on several projects. They were involved in ministry to the local children and people ...     Read More and View Pictures
5. Church Group Missions Trip to Haiti  Group II
   Besides starting the building project for the sustainable agricultural project, the team had the privilege of showing the Jesus Film in Creole and handing out tracts to the local people wherever they went...     Read More and View Pictures
6. Youth Group Missions Trip to Piura, Peru      
   After a welcoming time, and service we were ready to get to work.  During our evangelistic missions trip to Piura, Peru we had the privilege to build three additional rooms on a church member’s home.  Now they have about five rooms instead of one for a family of seven...     Read More and View Pictures
7. Church Group Mission Trip to the San Carlos Indian Reservation
   The team of 33, mostly teens, from Sierra Vista United Methodist Church in Texas, joining Youth Quests International, worked on some crucial and much needed improvements.  The church had leaks in the roof resulting in damage to the ceiling within the church. Funds raised for the project along with the church's finances and tribal donations worked together to purchase materials for the group to do the renovation...            Read More and View Pictures

Please follow our Blogs and visit the Youth Quests website.  Your prayers and support are greatly appreciated.

God Bless You,

John and Becky

Christian News from Bhutan, Testimonies and Prayer Requests

I am very happy and very thankful to bring you some news from Bhutan, a country closed to the gospel of Jesus Christ and to most outside influence.  Also I wanted to direct you to a few prayer requests from a pastor in this country.

• Here is a testimony from a seventy-eight year old man who lives in one of the most isolated part of Bhutan.  He has a wife of seventy and has eight children, twenty-two grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.  He was born as Hindu, grew up as a worshiper of dead spirits of ancestors.
  In 2008, the pastor in this area met this Bhutanese man and shared the gospel.  He was astonished to hear about Jesus.  He accepted Christ as his personal Savior and Lord.  Today, he worships the living God along with his entire converted family members.  Despite threats from the local government, the Sunday worship is conducted at his house each Sunday.
  
• Here is another testimony of a local Hindu religious priest.  He had been successful in influencing he entire village to a sect of Hinduism.  The pastor met him in 2009 and shared about Jesus Christ.  He gave up his religion and accepted Christ as his Savior.  He, now serves as a preacher and pastor of a local church.

To pray for these people and the pastor’s urgent prayer request for his family click on this prayer request link: Missions Prayer Focus: Bhutan Pastor and His Wife In Need of Your Prayers

To find out more about missions or how you may help go to our Christian Missions website or contact us at the Youth Quests Social Network.

Southwest Haiti Misson Trips Near Les Cayes Are Available! ...

Youth Quests International - Haiti Updates

Sharing the blessings of your help in supporting this ministry and the missionaries who 

went out this year.

The Haitian projects Youth Quests International is involved with, along with your support, have current needs and prayer requests.  We wanted to share with you the future plans for these projects in this area, as well as, what has been accomplished through your assistance and prayers.

The previous team had worked on some crucial improvements for the teams who will be doing follow up work on several projects. They were involved in ministry to the local people as well. The Haiti missions team that arrived in the village near Torbeck on July 18th greatly appreciated all the preparation done for them. This second team worked on building the poultry business that will be the first step for a sustainable agriculture project for this ministry.

Additionally, both teams conducted some special programs with biblical teaching for the children and teens of the area, evangelized and held special services in the evenings.  The second team had the privilege of showing the Jesus Film in Creole and handing out tracts to the local people wherever they went.  With your help, YQI bought a generator for the ministry that was a great benefit for the cooks, the church with their evening services, the housing for the teams and, of course the Jesus Film presentations in the evenings.

Project Updates and Prayer Requests

Will you pray about the following needs? The dollar amounts mentioned are still needed for the projects.) 

For donations go to: Youth Quests' Hope For Haiti

Water Well

While working there, we were able to talk with some government officials about drilling a well in preparation for the orphanage we are planning on building.  Even though they said that they only drill on government or public lands, they agreed to drill the well for a very reasonable $2000.00.  We are praising the Lord for this opportunity to obtain a good source of water for the orphanage and ministry.  Pray for the project to progress, continued cooperation, the doors to stay open and the much needed funds.

Poultry Business

The aim of this business is to support and assist the pastors to be more self-sustaining in working with the local people, as well as,  generating income for the operation of the orphanage.  As of right now, we are currently $2000 short on funds to get this poultry business fully up and running complete with facilities, equipment, feed and chicks.

Improvements To Homes

The crucial improvements included cleaning cement rubble out of a house that will be used to house teams when they come to work in this area and hand digging a well for clean water.  We are blessed to be able to use this home when we bring teams to this small village area.

Materials were bought for a special project to help out a Pastor, his family and a couple of orphans that will be living with him.  With your help, YQI bought the tin roofing to cover the half of the house where they lived that didn’t have a roof on it.  This roof was put up in time for the rainy season and is a greatly appreciated addition.

Orphanage Projection

We are currently in contact with a Christian man who has been building several homes in Haiti in cooperation with the Haitian government.  He has agreed to build the Haitian orphanage in this area employing local people and using good materials for the low cost of $15 per square foot!  Our goal is to start with a 2000 square foot facility that would only cost $30,000; then with the water available, the orphanage would be in a good position to be a blessing to many in that area.

Adoption in Progress

The orphans need hope and a future; currently it is our

opportunity to help an orphan girl be adopted into a Christian family in the USA.  The lawyers in the country have been working on the adoption. The family needs  another $3,000.00 to complete the adoption process.

Thank you so much for your interest in missions and the

assistance you have already given.  May the Lord richly bless you!

How To Get Involved!

You can get involved with Haiti short-term mission trips, work / humanitarian aid and evangelism teams by:

• joining us on a Haiti missions trip
• by helping someone else who feel called to go
• supporting missionaries who do go
• supporting the projects through your prayers first of all
• your financial assistance

Haiti mission trip teams will fly to Port-Au-Prince, spend a short time in PAP then travel to the project area in Southwestern Haiti near Les Cayes. You will be working on various humanitarian aid projects throughout your stay including agriculture transformation, sustainable agriculture projects and improvements, evangelism and Biblical teaching to a group of youth and adults hungry for the Word. You will also have the privilege of evangelizing in the nearby areas around the village, bringing hope to the lost and being an encouragement for many others. There will be countless opportunities for ministry and spiritual mentoring in your leisure times and social activities.

Click on: Haitian Missions or Youth Quests International 

What is a Church Missions Trip? What are the benefits for Church Mission Trips?

Short Term Mission Trips are exciting ways to get your Church Group involved and help people all over the world while experiencing a new culture while helping the missionaries on the mission field.  People from many age groups join together for a common goal on short term mission trips getting up close and personal with what God is doing around the world.  It's so awakening to go on short term mission trips because it sparks a passion for missions and giving.  What was Jesus’ mission statement? (Luke 19:10"For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost."   This is the very heart of missions.)  Many times the criticism against short term mission trips sounds so righteous and sanctimonious and yet it fails the test of judging the servant or service of another.  If you want to know the effectiveness of short term mission trips, check out I & II Thessalonians in the New Testament.  

Some denominations have missions programs that will allow you to do a short-term mission program.  Many of the larger churches have short-term programs that will allow you to "try on" missions.  Meanwhile many church pastors and leaders are very busy ministering and feeding their congregation and their needs.  That is where an organization dedicated to church mission trips would greatly benefit the leadership of the church by working out all the time consuming details for your group.  


Our Vision is to serve as a launching pad for churches and youth groups to send their people to be trained and sent out on short term mission trips around the world, fulfilling the great commission.  Church group mission trips are the best way to get your feet wet in international, world missions and the team members will feel like family by the end of the mission trip.  All of our short term missions trips, mission internships, missions training, and medical mission trips that we specifically promote are focused on this goal of taking the love of Christ to the unreached people groups of the world.  

We would love for you to be a part of our mission's vision by joining in on a Christian mission trip or internship, by faithfully praying for the ministries and the people internationally, by adopting an unreached people group, or by helping to financially support missions work, send an individual on a youth mission trip or support for a youth group mission trip, supporting international missionaries.

For more information on Mission Trips for Church Groups please contact Youth Quests International.

Youth Quests International Domestic Missions Trip to the San Carlos Indian Reservation

Cutter Church, the San Carlos Indian Reservation project near Globe, AZ.; 

current needs, prayer requests, as well as, future plans! 

The team of 33, mostly teens, from Sierra Vista United Methodist Church in Texas, joining Youth Quests International, worked on some crucial and much needed improvements.  The church had leaks in the roof resulting in damage to the ceiling within the church. Funds raised for the project along with the church's finances and tribal donations worked together to purchase materials for the group to do the renovation. The group tore, literally, into the work with dust and debris flying.  Then putting a new roof on the church and new sheet rock on the interior ceiling in four days.  Some of the men of the church came alongside and helped with putting up and taping the ceiling, while the women brought water, ice and food for lunch for the whole group. 

While we were there on Wednesday evening, we held a special service and ministered to the local people.   It was unique due to the fact of the inside of the church still a work in progress, we held the meeting outside in the parking lot! We have been asked to come back soon and  hold special meetings and youth rallies for three days.

Project Updates and Prayer Requests

(Will you pray about the following needs? The dollar amounts mentioned are still needed for the projects.) For donations go to: 

San Carlos Missions Trip

Three Day Youth Rally and Special Meetings

The Pastor, Sister Fay talked about the need for ministering to the young people there on the reservation. She would like to hold a three day youth rally to help reach them. The testimonies given by the young people on Wednesday gave hope to many who attended the service. While we were there, we saw the need for ministry to the youth of the area.  It's our desire to be able to return and hold the special meetings. Please pray with us regarding the doors to open and the funds to come in for this need.

2011 Domestic Mission Trip

There are other improvements needed for the Cutter church. The heart of the Pastor is to fix the pulpit area and bathroom. Currently, the bathroom is in the front of the church  to the left of the pulpit. Her desire is to move it to a different location. In checking the building, the whole North side of the church needs siding as the plywood needs to be completely replaced. Please be in prayer with us for a work/ministry group for 2011!

2010 Project Testimonial

"I did get to see the church from a distance and that was it but from what I had seen the roofing looked really nice.  My sisters were telling me of how they would see a bus passing them in the morning and they would say..."there goes sisters project".  I also did get to talk with Carol Lewis the Co Pastor and she was all excited about everything.  I am so happy for Sister Faye and her congregation cause I am sure they have built lasting relationships with each other.  My aunt Margaret also told me that she got to meet and talk with you.  She had complimented you and your husband with high regards and she enjoyed everything." (From: Tammy Hill)

2010 Project Results

A call from Sis Fay from the Cutter church:

She said previously the church members were having a hard time getting together on getting the roof fixed. It had been fixed by someone 3 years ago who had put new roofing on over the old. It still leaked and had ruined the ceiling in many places. The people were also having a hard time raising money for the new roof as well. There was division among the people concerning how to take care of the problem. When we came,the people dropped their personal views on how to do things and became unified in helping up get it done. They have since began to work on getting the church done with better lighting, etc. She said we provided the encouragement they needed to work together on the church.

She said she needed the Word of encouragement that John gave her and has been getting rest in body and spirit.

Contact us for information on Christian Mission Trips / Youth Mission Trips Worldwide

Youth Quests Peru 2010 Missions Trip

After a welcoming time, and service we were ready to get to work.  During our evangelistic missions trip to Piura, Peru we had the privilege to build three additional rooms on a church member’s home.  Now they have about five rooms instead of one for a family of seven.  They were so thankful for the extra room and the love that was shown.


We had the privilege to minister in two private schools and outdoor evangelism during our time in Piura.


Check out the article on the next Peru Mission Trips


For more information on missions trips go to www.youthquests.com