All Episodes

Brayden Dirks, a Northwestern College junior, went to The Jungle in Cowley, Oxford over spring break. Its rule of no politics, no religion showed him how love comes first and faith follows through friendship.

Abby Noonan, a Northwestern College student from Iowa, went to Cowley, Oxford with a spring break team. Staff hoped for 20 community surveys all week; her team finished nearly 60, and it reshaped how she prays.

Travis Sweeney, a Northwestern College student, served at The Jungle art space in Oxford, UK. Meeting a former drug dealer turned baptized volunteer showed him ministry can be quiet, creative and slow.

Molly Riggs, an Olivet Nazarene sophomore, went to Nicaragua with a spring break team. A family praying through a storm without a roof changed how she sees missions: joining what God is already doing.

Avery Marstella, an Olivet Nazarene freshman, went to Gualsaqui, Ecuador with a short-term team. His sermon notes vanished the day he preached, so he spoke from memory while Grace translated line by line.

Charles Perabeau, a dean at Olivet Nazarene University, took a student team to an Indigenous community near Otavalo, Ecuador. A school principal’s invitation to return opened a new door for the local church.

Miriam Rete, a Northwestern College student, led nine classmates to The Jungle in Cowley, England. Listening to men from a local rehab tell how they beat addiction taught her to learn before she leads.

Grace Roth, a psychology major at Colorado Christian University, spent a summer with Apotheca in Santiago, Spain. She expected counseling work and left with an unexpected love for business and entrepreneurship.

Kendra, a Cedarville social work student, spent six weeks with Apotheca in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Delivering farm baskets and helping survivors make soap taught her patience and how to listen.

Heather, an Azusa Pacific graduate, led fellow students to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Watching her team find their gifts, and a farm that felt like home, left her sensing a call to long-term work.

Amanda Gilliam, a mom of three from Colorado, led 18 teenagers from Foundations Church to El Refugio, Ecuador. Guinea pig for dinner, flexible plans and a renewed spark in her own faith came home with her.

Jesse Watson, a journalism graduate from California, served pilgrims at Pilgrim House on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Hearing their stories showed him listening is ministry he can keep doing at home.

Lily Richardson, an Azusa Pacific graduate headed into nursing, spent three weeks in Greece with eight classmates. Late dinners and slow coffee taught her a ministry of presence: sit with people and listen.

Wade, a Wheaton College sophomore, spent a month in North Africa living with a host family. A two-and-a-half-hour coffee conversation about Christianity and Islam, across a language gap, reshaped his sense of calling.

Kaylie, who once lived in Spain, returned with a small team to show friends the country she loves. Helping a homeless pilgrim get home taught her the ministry of presence, and now she is serving locally in Azusa.

Madison Campbell has gone back to Nicaragua with One Collective teams more than once. Returning to the same families and missionaries taught her that friendship, not projects, is where she sees God at work.

Brayden Hall, a sales professional from Nashville, has made three trips to Masatepe, Nicaragua. Roads, a school bathroom and repeat friendships left him dreaming of funding a baseball complex for the town.

Austin, a 25-year-old lineman from Nashville, went to Masatepe, Nicaragua just after his baptism. A mountain pineapple farm felt like heaven, and back home his friends asked to start a Bible study with him.

Noah Swanson, a homeschooled math and economics grad from Minnesota, has worked an alcohol rehab farm in Masatepe, Nicaragua three times. On the third trip, a late-night meal with a pastor’s family changed the point.

Abby Stroven, who leads Gordon College’s La Vida center, took 11 students to Shandia, Ecuador. Students come home asking why they felt so alive there and so flat at home, and she helps them answer it.

Gabe Garcia, a Gordon College freshman and youth leader, went to Shandia, a village of 350 near Tena, Ecuador. Children who poured out love despite hard lives changed what he thinks love and purpose mean.