Volunteering abroad is a great way to see hidden gems around the world. I often feel as though there is an abundance of information when it comes to mission trips and other religious-centered travel programs and there is an abundance of information pertaining to pleasure travel but there’s not much out there for the average Jane who wants to leave a place a little bit better than the way she found it. I got hooked on volunteering while traveling in college when I was a member of a service team. Every year we took a trip somewhere and mixed pleasure travel with volunteering. And I LOVED it! It was such…