Meaningful Short-Term Missions Work

It’s difficult for a youth pastor or ministry leader to plan a meaningful, short-term mission trip from across the world (or even halfway across the country), and it can be difficult to know how impactful the ministry work really is once your team has left. Local service work is a great solution, but part of the value of a mission trip—to your participants—is getting them out of their element.

A short-term mission trip at Love Packages strikes the perfect balance.

The work your group does at Love Packages is truly eternal. We know because it’s the work we do every day. Your group will help receive, sort, pack, and ship bibles and other Christian materials that God is using in amazing ways on the mission field. It’s not glamorous, but it’s gospel.

"I'm really thankful for Love Packages, because it opens your eyes and shows you how much the rest of the world needs Christ. It really inspires you and pushes you to make a difference."

- Faith DeLaughter, Student

Affordable Mission Trips

Our Butler, Illinois, facilities include about 30 bunk beds, eight showers, restroom facilities, and a full kitchen. All of it is available to our volunteers, free of charge.

That means the only expense for your ministry group is transportation and food. Many youth groups who visit us find that the cost of a one-week mission trip at Love Packages comes with a smaller per-person price tag than most domestic missions trip opportunities.

"Who knew that moving books around and packing boxes would give our high school students a bigger vision for reaching the world for Jesus Christ? The Love Packages staff not only love God and the believers they serve in other parts of the world, but they also love and minister to our students."

- Paul Gearhart, Youth Pastor

Life-Changing Experiences

Our staff considers it an honor and a special privilege to minister to the volunteers who come to spend time with us. We start every morning with corporate prayer, and we share testimonies from the field over lunch every day.

Additionally, some time in a warehouse—doing some of the hard, dirty work of the gospel—often gives visitors (especially the youth groups) some valuable perspective and powerful times of reflection. (No one gets cell service in the warehouse.) You’re grinning, but it really is life-changing for many of our young volunteers.

"I’m always encouraged to do more once I come home from working at Love Packages. I feel inspired to be more open about my relationship with God with people who I probably wouldn’t share that with normally."

- Bridget Walls, Student