1996-1997 Yearbook

the Gospel is for all ' Go into all the world and pr ach th good new to all creation. " At Harding tudent and faculty alike rose to thi challenge. With campaign group traveling during both pring and summer br aks udents were able to take the gospel to all ar a of the world. Led by Harding facul y and friend tudent group traveled o di er e place uch a Finland Uganda Hawaii and weden . Th HardingUniver ity Choru directed by Dr. lifton L. Ganu III goes on an international campaign every other umm r . Thi umm r the group traveled to Au tralia . Reagan Weaver a freshman m mb r ofthechoru de cribed theirwork: W we r e inging working with the Au rali a n churche holding benefit cone rt and promoting go pel meeting and ariou church activities. We were trying to encourage the people in any way that we could. Whil the Australian were definitely ncourag d the choru member benefited from the rip al o. 'The trip helped me under tand what it i like to be a Christian alon W a er aid. ' It i able ing to be h re in arcy be ca u e of all the encourag m nt we receive to tay true to hri t. Going to Au tralia opened my eye to how li tl the world know about Christ and how we n ed to pread Hi message. Faculty member Chuck Hicks and hi family 1 d a ix-week campaign to Bremen, Wendi !(, ll r bonds with the children of Ja - maica. The pring break campaign group to Jamaica pent a lot of their time wi th the kids. Photo b Amanda McKnight. 14 ampaign Germany. Junior Brent Bates, a member of the Germany campaign group, said, "The theory of relativism is really strong in Europe and Germany. The theory of no absolute i greater there than it is in America. We are bringing the absolute of Jesus Chri t to them, and it can be hard to accept. ' Bate also aid that the Germans are a very analytical people. "Although many did not re pond while we were there, great numbers showed up for our classes and are continuing with them even now. " Bates is planning to return to Germany next summer and i considering committing two years to this mi ion field after graduation. Some campaign groups focused on service projects. Rick Blair, a senior who went on a campaign led byWinfred and DottieWright to Switzerland spoke of their experiences. "We passed out fliers that advertised the church and special church teaching session . Blair continued, "I got a letter the other day aying how the people had been attending the sessions that we adverti ed. We were not in Switzerland long enough to ee all of the benefits of our work o it wa good to hear that it was going ucce sfully. " Blair and the others who go on campaigns are not looking for appreciation. "I'd love to go back he aid. The sacrifices are worth it. ' - Sara VanRheenen

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