One Vision International

Poverty is one of the greatest footholds Satan has, and it is used as a tool for hindering the spread of the Gospel of Christ. More often, people in a developed country explain poverty as the lack of food, clothing, shelter, or medicine - whereas the poor themselves, in addition to lack of material things typically talk in terms of shame, inferiority, powerlessness, fear, depression, and having no voice. For years these needs have been made public and thankfully there is no lack of sincere effort in doing missions worldwide. However, many current methods of short-term missions are largely ineffective. Most are seeking to treat the symptoms of poverty as opposed to the root of the problems themselves, and they are not willing to truly INVEST in those they serve. One Vision International seeks to build lasting relationships with indigenous peoples in order to meet immediate needs, share the Gospel, and disciple new believers. One Vision International looks not only to assist with material things, but also to empower the local communities to make a difference in their own lives. We believe that God has called us to teach and enable the local person to lead their own people in their own customs. One Vision considers our mission efforts to be like training wheels on a bike. Training wheels lend support until the rider can make it on their own. We will then transfer our training wheels to another "bike", or mission's project. This will allow the indigenous people to take pride in knowing that they are lifting themselves up, rather than depending on others. At the same time, while helping transform a community and share the gospel, we understand the huge impact short term missions can have on a trip participant's life. Recognizing that a mission's trip can change the life of a team member as well as build a lasting relationship with an indigenous person, is part of the reason we exist. Often times, those of us from a developed country can become too focused on our own lives and forget the great commission that God has called us to. Exposure to a different people group, culture, language, food, and customs, will help us learn how to get out of our comfort zone and enable us to mature spiritually as God is calling us to do. We help mobilize these individuals by organizing, facilitating, and leading short-term mission's trips. We strive to make it as easy as possible to get started in overseas missions work