Mission Trip Age Groups & Program Focus
Teen Missions International teams and mission trips are divided up into five different age groups.
TEEN Mission Trips (Ages 13–19 years)
The largest and most popular of these groups is the Teen Boot Camp teams. On average there can be up to 500-600 teens shared between the two Super and Early Boot Camps, which each run for two weeks (with two days of overlap). Teen mission trips focus on spiritual and character development in addition to offering work and evangelism assistance to the host mission on the field. The length of Teen mission trips vary slightly depending on location, but they average between 6 to 8 weeks.
PRETEEN Mission Trips (Ages 10–13 years)
Preteen teams are the second most popular group. Preteen teams have a separate Boot Camp training schedule and also run the Obstacle Course (which is slightly modified for their smaller size). The Preteen program focuses on character building and control of attitudes and actions. Preteens receive classes such as Bible Timeline, personal evangelism, music, drama and puppets. Control classes at Boot Camp include canoeing and bike riding. A typical Preteen trip runs around 4–5 weeks. Trip locations, like teens, are all over the world.
PEANUT Boot Camp (Ages 7–9 years)
The Peanut Boot Camp runs for about 10 days at Teen Missions' Boot Camp. Peanut campers form teams and sleep in tents. They run a miniature Obstacle Course, receive Bible Story lessons and learn about other countries and cultures from Teen Missions' Missionaries and visiting national staff members. Peanut teams learn basic skills building skills in addition to classes in music, puppets and coloring. Peanuts enjoy swimming in Teen Missions pool and visits to the playground.
MUSTARD SEED Boot Camp (Ages 4–6 years)
The youngest of Teen Missions Boot Camps allows the team members to go through the program together with their parent or legal guardian. Like the other Boot Camps, Mustard seed campers participate in group Bible devotions and learn about other countries. They run on the children's obstacle course and learn Bible verses. This camp runs for about four days.
ADULT Mission Trips
Teen Missions also organizes Adult mission trips that travel at various times of the year, most trips run between January and April. Adult trips normally last for about two weeks and most serve at an established Teen Missions base overseas. Projects include community development projects (sewing school uniforms, building grinding mills, granaries, and drinking water wells).
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