Mission Trip Reports

Read some of our exciting adventures from around the world, as we go to preach the gospel, heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead and cast out religion in the furthest reaches of the globe (Matt. 10:8). If the following stories inspire you, consider joining Sons of Thunder on an upcoming trip this year!

Latest Articles   Brazil Churches, Slums and Drug Traffickers We recently brought a team to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, bringing the Gospel message not only to believers, but also to the favela slums, praying with armed drug traffickers as they patrolled the streets More ... Pakistan Crusade, Afghanistan and More John took a team to the seven Islamic "Stan" countries of central Asia, holding a large evangelism crusade in Pakistan, while also ministering in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and more More ... SWAT Team Busts up Meeting in Belarus In our last meeting in Belarus, an armed SWAT team detained us at gunpoint for 3 hours, interrogating church-goers and kicking John out of Belarus for five years for preaching the Gospel. More ... Russian Gospel Collusion Mission There's a wide open door for the Gospel right now in Russia, with a heavy weighty glory as pastors, leaders and individuals are drinking in the straight grace message, followed by miracles More ... Philippines Prison, Slums and Homeless Mission In November 2018, we ministered to drug addicts, transvestites and criminals in horrid prison conditions, held feeding programs for homeless families and street children and held a large More ... Miracle Evangelism in Kashmir and Nepal  In January 2018, John Crowder and team led a team both to Nepal and the volatile region of Kashmir, India for mass miracle evangelism campaigns, feeding the poor and equipping pastors. More ... Construction Complete on New SOT Orphanage  Thanks to your support, we have finally completed construction on our new children’s home outside Manila, Philippines. We brought a team to the nation in December 2017, kicking off the launch. More ... India Miracle Mission to Garbage Dumps, Poor On our 2017 trip to Mumbai, India, our team plunged into the garbage dumps, bringing a metric ton of food to the poorest of the poor - spending time to share God’s tangible love More ... Miracles in Armenia, Russia, Mongolia, Hungary Returning from a whirlwind summer mission across the former Soviet Bloc and beyond, John Crowder and a group of interns preached the gospel across the nations of Hungary, Armenia, Mongolia and two locations in Russia More ... More Outreach to Cuba and Aid Relief With thousands of homes damaged or destroyed, we are currently raising support for another trip to the island to bring tangible assistance to our local friends and believers. More ... Indonesia-Philippines Mission to Lepers, Dumps Video update on our most recent mission to Indonenesia and Philippines where we returned to the leper colonies and brought food and Gospel glory to those living in the dumps! More ... Bringing Grace to Cuba We brought a team of 30 for a pastor's conference and outreach to the nation of Cuba, where churches are still only quasi-legal and religion runs the ship! More ... Middle East Mission Reaches Refugees We brought a team to Jordan to the Syrian border for an outreach to refugees eeing the current civil war crisis in the region. All have been displaced from their homes, and were unable to receive jobs or relief More ... Indonesia Lepers, Dumps, Muslim Slums We recently took another mission team to Indonesia, the largest Muslim nation of the world, bringing the party to the poorest of the poor in the very margins of society. More ... Thousands More Reached in Mexico Our most recent team to Mexico reached another 3,000 with the supernatural gospel of grace, as well as visiting rehab centers and doing street outreach. More ... Mission to Bangkok Transvestites Our team just returned from one of the wildest, most unusual mission trips ever. Sharing the love of Jesus to the transgender ladyboy community of Thailand More ... Thousands Impacted in Mexico Missions We've ministered to more than 4,000 in Mexico since the beginning of the year. Our first trip of the year included a team of 20 visiting rehab centers, prisons and slums. More ... Entering the Ukranian War Zone With Ukraine in crisis and many killed in the standoff with pro-Russian forces, we brought a small team into the action to encourage believers in this time of hostility More ... Crowder Lands in Prison, Seminary in Ethiopia What started as candy and chicken evangelism landed John preaching in a maximum security prison and teaching a seminary chapel in Ethiopia More ... India Lepers, Dumps, Slums and Orphans Our team of 50 visited leper colonies, garbage dumps and slums in Hyderabad, as well as some of our children's homes. More ... Happy Cosmonauts in Russia, Latvia, Ukraine a Sons of Thunder team ventured into three former Soviet Bloc countries releasing the glorious gospel with joy and power, healing the sick and reaching the poor on our Happy Cosmonaut Mission. More ... 200,000 Have Received Christ in India Our last trip to India resulted in another 100,000 decisions for Christ - bringing the total number to 200,000 people responding to the gospel there to date, thanks to your support! More ... Japanese Tsunami Relief Efforts Following the widescale natural disaster that struck northern Japan, your support enabled Sons of Thunder to be a source of immediate relief to those directly impacted by the tsunami. More ... Spa in the Dumps in Belize We visited the nation of Belize for outreaches to the garbage dumps, homeless and praying for the sick and infirm. We sponsored ladies from the dumps to go for a day of regal pampering More ... Amazon Deep Jungle Mission We traveled three days up the Amazon River into one of the most far-flung corners of the world to reach 1,700 indigeneous natives from 60 tribes with the message of grace and the power of the gospel. More ... Glorium Explosium in Ukraine and Russia Amazing time in Ukraine and Russia! Our slavic neighbors really know how to drink, and every night was a wild frenzy of sweating, dancing celebration. One man in Ukraine had a doctor verified healing miracle as the Lord cleared his system of Hepatitis C More ... Feeding and Training the Poor in Peru Besides feeding the hungry and gospel outreach, SOT has invested $20,000 into work development training for poor women in the slums of Peru ... thanks to your support! More ... Slums, Cemetaries and Leper Colonies in Indonesia Sons of Thunder has now traveled twice to the nation of Indonesia - bringing teams into the slums, leper colonies and homeless living in cemetaries - ministering to the poorest of the poor. More ... 100,000 Decisions for Christ in India An amazing multitude of people received Christ and entered the Kingdom at our recent miracle crusade in India. More ... Glory Explosions in the Holy Land We ministered both to muslims and Jews, holding outreaches in Palestinian refugee camps in Bethlehem, as well as hosting a powerful Glory conference in Jerusalem. Besides that, we also saw the Lord release spontaneous waves of revival in the streets More ... Thousands Receive Christ in Miracle Crusades There was a tremendous level of the miraculous and an outpouring of harvest Glory as Sons of Thunder hosted four nights of Jesus Miracle Festivals in Mumbai and Aurangabad, India. Everyone on the international team was used by God to do the supernatural More ... Middle East Miracles: Yemen and Qatar We ministered to hundreds of workers from nations throughout the Middle East (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Lebanon and beyond) and saw dozens of healing miracles, as well as a number of muslims giving their hearts to Jesus. The wildest leg of the trip was Yemen More ... Mighty Harvest in Uganda Thousands heard the Kingdom message in the streets of Uganda as the Sons of Thunder team healed the sick, cast out devils and preached the gospel to the poor. We saw an entire village receive the gospel, in addition to many more salvations on the streets More ... Revival Report Ukraine The four-night festival was opened with a dramatic testimony of instant deliverance from drug and alcohol addiction at the moment of salvation with the 1,100 who had gathered with joyful expectancy. "There is no high like the Most High," exclaimed the More ... Revival Fires Burn in Bolivia Lily recently returned from La Paz, Bolivia for two evangelistic healing crusades. God moved in miraculous ways, as Lily watched deaf ears and blind eyes open, as well as 2,000 decisions for Christ. More ... Miracles in Mexico We saw the supernatural power of God move in ways many have only read about in the Bible. The deaf began to hear; the blind began to see; cripples got up from their wheelchairs; demons were cast out and literally thousands received Jesus Christ More ...