ACS high school students and staff members shared their missions trip experiences during Elementary Chapel on Friday, April 13, encouraging younger students to use whatever abilities God has given them to serve others. The hard-working team of ten traveled from ACS to Houston, Texas over spring break to assist in ongoing hurricane recovery efforts. ACS staff members Lee and Jessica Martin led a group of eight high school students — Rudy Dalinger, Sarah Getty, Paige Hoover, Jay Lee, Ashleigh Martin, Josh Mizrahi, Lola Oguntuase, and Imohimi Unuigbe.
Hosted by First Baptist Church of Hamshire, Texas, the team partnered with Praying Pelican Missions and relief organization The Cajun Army to clean out and demolish houses damaged in the floods following last fall’s Hurricane Harvey. The team also packaged and delivered groceries to needy families in communities still struggling to overcome the loss and devastation. Developing relationships with the partner organizations and praying with families in the homes they visited allowed the team many special opportunities to share God’s love.