We have planned a number of short-term trips to serve with our global partners Chosen Children Ministries (Nicaragua) and Orchard Africa (South Africa) as well as weekend opportunities in Mexico. See the registration page for more specific dates and locations.

Each trip is different, but our goal is to partner with local organizations and serve with local churches. Many of the trips include spending time with people, including opportunities for them to meet, know and follow Jesus! Some trips offer construction projects (building homes for families that local churches have identified as needing assistance), feeding programs, community education programs such as agriculture or sewing, and VBS programming for children. There will be a number of ways for you to connect relationally with families in-country and share the love of Jesus through serving them.

There are a number of precautions in place between Sun Valley and our partners on the ground. In addition, airlines and nations have various policies and protocols with regard to vaccines and recommended preventative care. More detailed information will be given based on the country of travel. 

Unless otherwise noted, these are adult trips. In most cases, these trips are not recommended for children under the age of twelve. If you choose for a child to be a part of this trip with you:

• You are responsible for supervising your child(ren) at all times and helping them participate in the trip. At no point in the trip can your children be outside of your direct supervision.
• Consider these trips are very active, physical trips in a high-heat and high-humidity environment.
• Your trip leader cannot make special arrangements or accommodations for children. Children are expected to fully participate in all of the team trainings, trip activities, and evening bible study and debrief sessions while on the trip.
• There must be one adult per child traveling from each family.

Deposits are required for each Global Mission Trip at the time of registration. Once the deposit is submitted, your spot on the trip is secured. The deposit is non-refundable, unless the trip is canceled. The overall trip cost is listed on the trip's registration page. Your trip leader will provide you with the funding benchmarks at your first meeting to help you stay on track, as you raise support, to meet the complete funding due date. We do encourage and equip you to raise support from friends and family for your trip. One of the many lessons learned by participating in a trip is seeing God faithfully provide.

In the event that SV cancels a trip, your deposit will be refunded. Otherwise, the deposit is nonrefundable as it is used to secure contracts for your trip. Refunds will not be given due to cancellation by a trip participant. Donations to your trip through fundraising are not able to be refunded.

Donations to the trip (including money you put toward your own trip) are considered charitable donations to Sun Valley and will be viewable on your yearly giving report.

We purchase group airline tickets for trips, so we are not able to let trip participants use frequent flier miles to pay for tickets. However, depending on the airline rules, you may be allowed to earn miles for your flight if you have an established frequent flier account with the airline we use. We are happy to check for you but can not guarantee. 

We ask that you do not use this method to fund your trip. By doing this, those that contribute to your trip will not be able to receive a giving statement showing their donation to their trip and therefore will not be able to claim it on their taxes. You will be given guidelines and instructions on how to fundraise from your trip leader.