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Why travel with WAM?
When you take a trip with Wide Awake Missions you immerse yourself in another culture filled with stunning opportunities to serve, share, be inspired, love, and give of yourself. Led by seasoned leaders, you join a team of like-minded adventurers who have a heart for the lost, hurting, less fortunate, and broken. Jump in headfirst and be prepared to feel inspired, a little dirty, and fully alive in Christ!
With WAM you don’t just take a missions trip, you get an authentic missions experience...full of adventure, worship, seeking God, team bonding, family-style dinners, unique ministry and outreaches.
We’ve been taking teams overseas on mission trips for over 25 years and look forward to helping you experience a powerful, exciting, and life-changing mission trip.
Mission Trips
2022 - 2023
Game On! Mission Trip
Antigua, Guatemala 2023
May 25- June 3
~ Colorado High School Students ~
Orphanage and community ministry & outreaches * Antigua scavenger hunt * Food distribution and work projects
Local school outreaches * Lake Atitlan village outreach * Sports, games, & talent show
* Mind-blowing free-day trekking the Pacaya volcano and roasting “lava-toasted” marshmallows
~ Daily Amazing Worship * Plus Inspiring and FUN Special Evening Services ~
Fiji Islands Missions Outreach
Plus 7-Day New Zealand Adventure
June 8 - June 30, 2023
* Work alongside christian, world-class medical and dental professionals in community village outreaches
* Daily outreaches to the schools and community of Vanua Levu * Evenings are spent at the mission base eating, singing, dancing, playing games, and enjoying the beautiful warm ocean waters of Fiji–right outside our door!
* Free-day excursions to nearby Rainbow Reef for snorkeling and hiking the beautiful Bouma Waterfalls
* Visiting Kioa Polynesian Village and the and Taveuni natural rock waterslide
* Kayaking, climbs on the volcano, caving, and so much more!
~New Zealand team debrief and 7-Day adventure in and around Aukland~
* We'll explore the Shire on a Hobbiton Movie Set tour and take a boat ride through the Waitomo Glowworm Caves
* The Rotorua "Canopy Tree Tour" deep into untouched forest ending with a tandem zip-line
* Auckland Adventure Jet Boat Experience * Piha Beach volcanic black sand beach day and more!
* Our "Adventure" time in Aukland, New Zealand will be peppered with time spent with the youth and young adults of a local church, hosting a worship night, prayer ministry and building friendships.
~Team devotionals and amazing worship throughout the trip~
The Ultimate
This 23-day Mission Outreach and Adventure will push the envelope in all areas of ministry, team dynamics, serving, seeking God, fun, loving and of course, ADVENTURE!
Our Fiji mission experience will be stationed within 750 spectacular acres of Buca Bay, surrounded by rain and bamboo forests, beautiful beaches, and an extinct volcano...the unspoiled beauty of Fiji awaits!
This is an all-inclusive mission trip, including all free day excursions....departs from Los Angeles.
Board of Directors
Greg Hughes, Founder and Director
Fort Collins, Colorado
Lisa Hughes, Co-Founder and Administrator
Fort Collins, Colorado
Darren Zander, Board
Erie, Colorado
Debbie Cox, Board
Fort Collins, Colorado
Shelly Higginbotham, Board
Shawnee, Kansas
Vance and Stacey Rogers, Advisors
Corbett, Oregon
Pastor Brett Louis, Spiritual Advisor
Woodbury, Minnesota
Christ Redeemer Church
Todd Louis, Financial Advisor
Dallas, Texas
At present, Greg and Lisa live in Fort Collins, Colorado, with their four children. They enjoy planning and taking groups on mission trips around the globe. Greg and Lisa have been married for more than twenty years and enjoy spending time in the mountains of Colorado.
They believe the mission's life is more than just a short trip overseas...but rather it's the start of a missional journey, where Jesus smashes everything in your life and opens your eyes to a new, fresh, and adventurous passion--a task that is greater than yourself.
Something amazing happens when you sacrifice everything to walk the dusty, foreign soil of a third world country...it's in these lost, dark places that God grabs hold of your soul and lights it on fire!
Jesus demands more than we can ever give, but He offers more than we can ever imagine.
See Founders...
The board of directors and advisors are comprised of respected and experienced leaders. Accountability for all the resources that God has entrusted Wide Awake Missions begins with our awareness that those who share their time and money with WAM view us as stewards. All funds received are considered sacred. We know donations represent people's faith in the vision of the ministry’s international outreaches.
We know that God sees our every action, and as we listen to the guidance of the Holy Spirit in all that we do, we endeavor to spend our resources according to our core values and mission. Our own board of directors and advisors help guide and review the direction and performance of the ministry.