Spring break missions reports
Posted by The Skyliner on March 25th, 2009Samantha Mayo
Staff Writer
Over spring break a number of students were able to travel to Honduras, Ecuador, Hungary, Romania and India to participate in missions.
The Honduras team was led by Burl Walker and Dr. Warren. The team consisted of eight students, including four Spanish speaking students. The team spent a week leading Bible study small groups and recreation at a church youth camp.
Through the small groups, three boys were led to salvation. Michelle Evans, junior interdisciplinary studies, said that seeing these salvations was the highlight of the trip.
The team also witnessed the baptism of six boys while at camp. Walker said that the boys were baptized in the camp pool because there was no running water in their villages.
The team also visited a school and an orphanage. They worked with Rene, Brooke and Quizue Pizzati, NGU graduates who are now full time missionaries in Honduras.
Warren said that the trip was very successful. He plans to take another group to Honduras this summer for three weeks of work with medical teams and a language school as well as two weeks of culture study.
The Ecuador team was led by Dr. Allen McWhite and consisted of 19 students. The team went to a Quichua Indian village in the Amazon Basin to participate in evangelism, construction and children’s ministry.
“We had a chance to share the gospel with children through Bible stories, songs, games and crafts,” McWhite said. “Students got good exposure to the culture. It was a very physically demanding trip.”
The team had an arduous hike to the village. They ate native food, such as armadillo, and bathed in the river while they stayed in the village.
“The Lord really used it in the lives of the students in a powerful way,” McWhite said, referring to the students’ cross-cultural experience.