by Courtney Kraus | Oct 31, 2022 | Crossing Cultures, India, Short-Term Missions, Uncategorized
After three years, we were finally able to reunite with our Indian partners and their children. On every trip, we have our team members choose a word to describe their experience. Here are the words our team chose and why! April Founder/Executive Director of The Boaz...
by Courtney Kraus | Jan 17, 2021 | Crossing Cultures, Kenya, Short-Term Missions
The beginning of 2021 is now upon us, and, in light of all we have faced in the past year, I know we have been waiting in anticipation for the potential of what this year could bring. For me, New Year’s has never been that significant or exciting, apart from the...
by April Jurgensen | Mar 9, 2020 | Kenya, Short-Term Missions
The day after Christmas, a team of eleven boarded a plane in Chicago and began a long journey to Kenya. The plan was to hold a VBS with the boys at El Shaddai Children’s Center, buy belated Christmas gifts for them and their caregivers, and to learn some culture along...
by April Jurgensen | Mar 9, 2020 | Russia, Short-Term Missions
While most foreigners don’t choose to go to Russia in December, The Boaz Project community is eager to share the true meaning of Christmas with orphans there. Last December, a small team visited seven homes, including the Boaz foster home, where they presented the...
by Guest Author | Jan 20, 2020 | Kenya, Short-Term Missions
James, SimonYuki and Michael On my trip to Kenya with The Boaz Project over New Year’s, I connected with was a boy named Michael. He had a lot of fun doing the VBS crafts we brought and coloring, but he especially has a passion for music. A question from one of our...
by April Jurgensen | Jan 13, 2020 | Kenya, Short-Term Missions
What do New Year’s Eve, shoe shopping, and The Names of God Bingo all have in common? They were highlights of The Boaz Project’s recent short-term trip to Kenya! Having just returned home from an amazing visit with the boys and their caregivers at El Shaddai...
by April Jurgensen | Oct 7, 2019 | Prayer, Short-Term Missions
I’m a big fan of short-term mission trips. In fact, I take multiple trips each year and bring others along with me to meet the children The Boaz Project serves, encourage their caregivers, and discover more of God’s heart for orphans…and the rest of us. I believe that...
by April Jurgensen | Aug 19, 2019 | Short-Term Missions
Standing in a Starbucks in the middle of India where just outside power lines hang loosely from trees instead of electrical poles, I am trying to reconcile all that is happening. There’s the friendly barista, preparing my iced coffee the way I order it at home. But...
by April Jurgensen | Jul 29, 2019 | Short-Term Missions, Updates
During the month of June, The Boaz Project took a team on a 10- day journey to Bangalore, India. The goal of the trip was to visit Agape Home and Bethany Blessing and to lead a five-day Vacation Bible School with Jireh Home, our newest partner in India. The Jireh Home...
by April Jurgensen | Jul 22, 2019 | India, Short-Term Missions, Updates
“Are you heading back to India anytime soon?” I was asked. “I do, I actually leave tomorrow.” I giggled. These sentences were exchanged with an old friend/coach whom I hadn’t seen in a few years. And as it shows, traveling to India is something that has just become a...
