Twenty-eight students will be serving as the hands and feet of Jesus when they participate in short-term missions trips over the Easter vacation. Two groups of high school students will be serving in Haiti and Nashville, Tennessee and a team of middle school students will be serving in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. The students raised their own financial support for the trips, ranging from $375 each for the Coatesville trip to $1,600 for each student on the Haiti trip. “We are so grateful for the many donations from family members, friends, and the church community that have made it possible for our students to serve God on these missions trips,” said Chief School Administrator Karen Oblen, who is a chaperone for the Coatesville trip.
Faculty member and Missions Club Advisor Dave Genter said the ACS team in Haiti will be assisting the Eglise Baptiste Church in Hinche during its 8-day trip, helping them build a new church facility and doing children’s ministry. In Nashville, the ACS students will be working with Christ Centered Ministries (CSM) on projects including volunteering at a soup kitchen and a food bank. On the way back from its 6-day trip, the students will also take a tour of the Creation Museum in Kentucky. In Coatesville, the students will spend 4 days volunteering at the Camp at Old Mill, helping prepare the facility for its summer Christian youth camp programs, and at the Bridge Academy, working with students doing tutoring, arts and crafts, and other projects.
Please pray for our students and chaperones for safety as they travel and that they will be effective witnesses for Christ. The trip participants are: Coatesville — Elizabeth Alford, Aniya Arsenis, Madelynne DeNick, Alexandra Friend, Morgan Gibson (chaperone), Hunter Jorgenson, Rebekah Kimmerley, Alexandra Lushina, and Karen Oblen (chaperone); Haiti — Mike Bohs (chaperone), Mikayla D’Anna, Rebekah Darragh, Kami DeNick, Sue DeNick (chaperone), Jasmine Feliciano, Dave Genter (chaperone), Jialin (Ann) Li, XiaoQing (Samantha) Liang, Shannon Murphy, Joanna Noto, Ayolola Oguntuase, Ayotolani Oguntuase, Carl Phillips, Yuhe (Amy) Pi, Tim and Stephanie Rosie (chaperones), Rijkaard Thelismond, Michael Xu, and Xiaohu (Peter) Zang; Nashville — Steven Chirinos, Rudy Dalinger, Zengzheng (Constantine) Jiang, Ji Seung (Jay) Lee, Brianna Lomangino, Joshua Mizrahi, and Joe Rowell (chaperone).