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Mariah is a former NEXT intern from the summer of 2022. A student at the University of Tucson in Arizona, Mariah now plans to help co-lead a NEXT trip to the Czech Republic this upcoming summer. What made you decide to participate in NEXT? This past summer (summer of...
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Reflections from NEXT Summer Interns As the calendar page flipped to August, plane wheels touched down on U.S. soil bringing the NEXT summer interns home again. Stepping back into what was once familiar, they returned with their suitcases and hearts packed full of...
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Does it ever intrigue anyone else how uniquely God chooses to move — how He desires to pull us into the narrative? He often speaks in a still, small voice and is always asking us to obediently accept and be a part of something that is so much bigger than us. This is...
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It was April 1, 2020, when the final decision was made to cancel all upcoming NEXT internships for the summer due to COVID-19. The decision came with devastation and loss, but it also required the NEXT team to dream of creative ways to engage the next generation in...