2026 INTERNATIONAL TRIPS

UGANDA

DATES: May 21-31, May 28-June 7, and June 18-28, 2026
TEAM LEADERS: Capulan Gurolla
CONTACT: BU at 800.411.7602
May 21-30, 2026 - Kid's Camp Trip 
Leaders: Jasmine Pickard & Reagan Hughes | 12 spots available


Bring the energy! This trip hosts a 3-day kids camp for over 400 children with games, discipleship, songs, and more.
May 28-June 7, 2026 | Parent & Child Trip 
Leader: Capulan Gurrola | 10 spots available

A unique opportunity for parents and children (ages 7 to 37!) to serve side by side. Together you’ll impact lives through food distribution and home visits in the slums.
June 18-28, 2026 | Medical Mission Trip
Leader: TBD | 10 spots available

Designed for medical professionals and social workers, this team will partner with Ugandan staff to serve rural communities. Care for physical, emotional, and spiritual needs while experiencing holistic ministry.

ECUADOR

DATES: July 3-11, 2026
TEAM LEADERS: Glenn Ross and Jeremiah Ross
CONTACT: HC Missions - 270.534.1400
July 3-11, 2026 - Youth and Family Trip
TEAM LEADERS: Pastors Glenn Ross and Jeremiah Ross
CONTACT: HC Office - 270.534.1400 or jeremiah@heartlandpaducah.com

On this family and youth-focused trip, Heartland will partner with long-time mission partners Steve and Carol Thompson, who have faithfully served as missionaries and church planters in Ecuador for almost 40 years. Outreach will be led through camp activities for children in the area of Tena and the Gospel will be shared with hundreds of children and adults from areas of financial and spiritual poverty.

UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUP

DATES: June 2026
TEAM LEADER: Marc Glass
CONTACT: HC Missions - 270.534.1400
Unreached People Group Trip
This HC Mission team will be working with Heartland’s recently adopted unreached people group in Southeast Asia. We will spend time encouraging and training local believers in evangelism and working with them to see their people come to faith in Christ. Due to our partnership with Bardwell Baptist Church and the need for this team to remain small, we will only be able to take 2-3 Heartland Missionaries on this trip.

UKRAINE

DATES: July 2026
TEAM LEADER: Mark Riley
CONTACT: HC Missions - 270.534.1400
Orphan Trip
Though HC Mission teams have worked with Ukrainian orphans for several years now, the ongoing war in Ukraine has forced an altered strategy for reaching lost Ukrainians. This Heartland team will partner with Hope for Orphans to host a camp for Orphans inside Ukraine if the war is over, or some other country outside of Ukraine if not. Depending on this, they may end up serving at a camp in Switzerland for Ukrainian refugees, as in years past. This trip develops fast so reach out to Mark as soon as possible to express interest.

SCOTLAND

DATES: July 3-12, 2026
TEAM LEADER: Jessica Bouland
CONTACT: HC Missions - 270.534.1400
Church Support Trip
Our Heartland team will be partnering with mission partner Emily Green in Kilmarnock, Scotland to help prepare for their annual holiday club. The team will have a chance to meet, interact, and share with scheme residents with Gospel conversations. Emily works with 20 Schemes, a ministry that is working to build healthy, gospel-preaching churches in Scotland’s poorest communities. Space is limited to 6 people.

THAILAND

DATES: August/September 2026
TEAM LEADER: Deena Kendrick
CONTACT: HC Missions—270.534.1400
Evangelism Trip
This Heartland team will work with one of our long-standing partners in Thailand, Pastor Ekkachai and his congregation, to share the Gospel with the Thai Nyaw people group in the villages surrounding Na Wa in Northeast Thailand. The Nyaw are one of Heartland’s adopted unreached people groups.

MYANMAR/THAILAND

DATES: Fall  2026
TEAM LEADER: Brad Vose
CONTACT: HC Missions - 270.534.1400
Evangelism/Church Leader Training
Heartland Church has been working in Myanmar with Pastor Aung Kyaw Moe and his team of church planters and leaders for 15 years.  This trip will involve evangelism in areas where churches are already planted or are being planted, as well as training for church members and leaders on how to effectively evangelize and disciple the people in their communities and villages.  Team size will be limited to 10 people.

MEXICO

DATES: September 26-October 3, 2026
TEAM LEADER: Pastor Marc Glass
CONTACT: HC Missions—270.534.1400
Medical and Construction Trip
This will be our 6th year partnering with Heartland missionaries Roberto and Esther Sigcho to serve the people of the Yucatan Peninsula. The team will seek to bring healing and physical relief through medical care, opening the door to address people’s greatest spiritual needs through the Gospel. The team will work directly with Renecer Baptist Church in Merida and El Shaddai Baptist Church in Izamal to reach their local communities. The construction team will have the opportunity to build something useful for the church. This is truly one of the best mission points for new Heartland missionaries to plug into!