MVNU Mission Trips and The Morning Thing Fave 5

Today, The Morning Thing highlighted the mission trips that MVNU is sponsoring over Spring Break.

WNZR’s Trevor Moore talked with Catie Hayes,Director of Community and International Ministries about the purpose and heart behind these missions trips.

We also talked with 3 students about their trips: Julia Feasel, Connor Whitaker and Allison Lankford.

Click HERE to hear their conversation.

This week for The Morning Thing Fave 5, we shared our favorite trips.

Click on the name to hear our hosts share about their favorite trips.

Daria Swisher

Hunter Sutyak

Marcy Rinehart

Trevor Moore

(and WNZR Office Manager/Underwriting Coordinator) Wesley Boston

It’s Travel Tuesday. Where is your dream vacation destination?

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The Morning Thing celebrated #TravelTuesday by sharing a top 10 list of dream destinations for vacation. The travel management company, Travel Leaders did a study of over 1,000 travelers asking them where they would go if money were no object.

Click HERE to see the Top 10 list.

Here is the Top 5!
1. Australia
2. Bora Bora
3. A Cruise around the World
4. Tahiti
5. Italy

Would your dream destination be in Knox County, OH? There are 41 middle school students from China that are super excited to visit Central Ohio in July.
We talked with Perry Brokaw about the Forte International Summer Camp Exchange Program. Click HERE to hear about this exciting opportunity for our community to welcome in some very special visitors.

The World Race- 11 Countries in 11 Months with Christy Gray

christy grayI had the pleasure of talking with an alum of MVNU and soon to be missionary Christy Gray. Christy will be visiting 11 countries in 11 months with the World Race. Click HERE to listen to the full conversation. Christy taught at the local schools and left for training on Saturday, June 2. Please keep her in your prayers as she embarks on this journey. To stay connected with her on her adventures, check out her blog HERE. Click HERE for more information on the World Race. As always, thanks for listening!

-Daria

Travel tips for Thanksgiving – The Morning Thing 11/22/16

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Are you traveling for Thanksgiving? A lot of people will be taking to the roads or the air to spend time with family and friends.

AAA projects that 48.7 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home this Thanksgiving, an increase of one million travelers compared with last year. This represents a 1.9 percent increase over 2015, and the most Thanksgiving travelers since 2007. The Thanksgiving holiday travel period is defined as Wednesday, Nov. 23, to Sunday, Nov. 27.

Millions of people can cause stress in your trip, so The Morning Thing found some tips to survive your Thanksgiving trip.
We found 17 tips for making your Thanksgiving travel easier from http://www.mashable.com
Click HERE to find a tip that can help ease your stress.

Are you flying this holiday? Check out this list of the “worst” people you can find on your flight. Click HERE and try to avoid being one of “those people”.

Picture from USA Today.

 

Packing Hacks

Planning a vacation or trip soon? Check out these packing hacks we shared on the show today.

packing-tips_1200x675Click here for a short video showing some packing hacks.

If you click here, you’ll find a list of some other packing tips we shared.

And we also have a bonus link with even more tips and tricks that you can find here.

Even if you just use a couple of these hacks, your trip is guaranteed to go smoother!

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Thoughts from Israel- The Morning Thing on 3/14/16

Wesley Israel

Wesley Boston here. I recently returned from an incredible opportunity. From February 29th to March 11th I traveled across Israel and Jordan, seeing sites that brought the Bible to life and being introduced to cultures and people that were very different from me. A few things struck me as a result.

  1. The world is a lot bigger than America. Our guide, Rafi, who is seen in the above picture at the left end of the back row, reminded us that the U.S. is big- so big that we don’t need anybody else he said. Israel, to compare, is smaller than New Jersey. In the U.S. we don’t get out much, we don’t see much that is different, and we dont get out of our comfort zones. It’s good in so many ways to get into someone else’s country, culture, kitchen, history, etc.
  2. Differences in race, culture, and religion can be put aside. On this trip a Muslim man looked me, a Christian, in the eye and asked me to pray for peace in these lands. Two religions with two different Gods, but that didn’t matter. We could be united in this cause. One girl that I traveled with remarked that while watching the Jews pray at the Western “Wailing” Wall she realized that we aren’t so different. We all are simply trying to get closer to God.
  3. We believe and have faith in a God who does not operate in an abstract dimension or some Narnia -esque realm that we can’t get to or see. He works in real history, in real places, and with real people. While we can’t have definite proof and still have to trust and have faith, we can take comfort in knowing that we can see the places where the Bible tells us these things happened.
  4. History keeps going on. Rafi reminded us on the first day that since our our country is so young we have a different view of what is old. In his words, “You Americans find something that is 250 years old and you call it an antique. In Israel if something is 250 years old we don’t even look at it- it’s brand new! Come back when you have something from the 3rd or 4th century.” In that land I saw the remains of empire after empire and civilization after civilization. I stood in the ruins of palaces of mighty kings and the temples of foreign gods. History marches on and takes everything that mankind builds with it. But God remains. He is unchanged from the beginning and will still be here in another 2,000 years.
  5. We have a personal relationship but not a personal religion. By that I mean that while we are able to know God personally as our God and Savior it isn’t just about us. We are part of a worldwide community of believers that spans throughout history. Every one of us across the globe brings our own interpretations and culture and backgrounds to it but we are all one body serving the same risen Lord.
  6. We don’t have to travel around the world to be closer to God. This thought was not original with me. I was struggling with the fact that I had not had some kind of supernatural revelation or some experience where God broke through into my life in some brand new crystal clear way. Then one girl on the trip shared that she was struggling with the same issue- and then she realized that there’s a good reason for it. God is with us no matter where we are. We can be just as close to Him here in Ohio as we can in the Holy Lands. I have stood as close to the Holy of Holies as is humanly possible in 2016- but that didn’t make me any closer to God than I am right now as I write these words in Mount Vernon. God is with you and me no matter where we are and that is a great comfort.

It’s hard to sum up such an experience in one post, but these are a few of the things that God put on my heart during this journey. And yes, it was good to go- amazing to go- but it is good to be back. Hopefully the lessons I’ve learned can influence the way I live day to day.

Shalom!

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