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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 ~
Nassau Bahamas
Winter Break Outreach & Adventure
December 29 - January 6, 2022
Special outreaches in schools, parks, an orphanage, and an impoverished Haitian community * Children's ministry
New Years Eve Special Dinner and Event
Free Days include the Atlantis Aquaventure Water Park & Stuart Cove's Snorkel Adventure!
~Apply now for this totally fun and impactful mission trip adventure coming this holiday season~
* Departs from Miami
~ Team devotionals and amazing worship throughout the trip ~
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.
Greg and Lisa Hughes
Founders/Directors
Founders
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.
Greg and Lisa have made it their passionate mission to help others devise a plan to escape to the harvest field whenever possible, and they urge you, in faith, to join them and their team in enjoying the adventurous life of Christ outside your comfort zone (and time zone).
Credentials
Greg has 30+ years in training, organizing, and taking groups overseas on mission trips, while ministering and exploring over 100+ countries up close and personal.
While attending the University of Northern Colorado, Greg served in many capacities in Young Life, starting as a leader and then as a camp counselor. Afterward, he enrolled in Bible school and earned a degree in Youth Ministry and Missions. He fulfilled the passion of being a Youth Pastor and was called upon to create a stateside and international mission program, becoming the Mission Director of Oneighty, one of the largest youth groups in America. During his first year at Oneighty, he successfully took over 250 students to four countries.
He received specialized training through RUN (Reaching Unreached Nations) in Singapore. The core of this training was learning about effective evangelistic media tools, culturally sensitive discipleship models, and practical skills for helping a ministry to become self-sustaining.
Working as a Project Director for a national mission organization, he has led numerous short-term trips, taking thousands overseas. Greg has traveled the United States, ministering in churches and youth groups, while sharing amazing stories of salvation, healing, inspiration, and grace from the global harvest field.
Greg was also the Co-Founder of Big World Ventures, a youth missions ministry, taking hundreds of teens overseas on various trips.
After selling a business they owned, Greg and his family transitioned to beautiful Colorado, his home state, and began to utilize all of his past experiences, training, failures, and successes to create Wide Awake Missions. This nationwide ministry has been established to fulfill the call of God to “GO” into all the world spreading the good news that Jesus is alive and those that call upon His name will be saved.
Lisa is an Editor for Hydration Media and Love Justice International. She has a huge heart for God, is the glue that allows all the ministry to thrive and succeed, loves traveling and being a part of any mission trip, is extremely gifted in administration, and enjoys the one-on-one ministry within the dynamics of a team environment.