Global 'campaigners try to e nAn~e tne Vl'brtA Most students look forward to spring break as a time to relax and get away from all tbe hustle and bustle of school. But 581 students chose to spend spring break 2000 on campaigns. A record number also went on summer campaigns, bringing the total number of participants to 940 - 355 more tban in 1999. Due to tbe high interest in Alaska campaigns, three were taken to Anchorage, Juneau and Ketchikan. Junior KelliFager said the best part of the Juneau campaign was working with a local homeless shelter. "Working with Gloryhole Homeless Shelter was awesome," Fager said. "We served them food and listened to them share their stories." The spring break campaign to Venezuela was designed to prepare for tbe one going in the summer. Ten students traveled to Valaria and focused tbe week on door-knocking. So many people responded tbat the group decided to have spontaneous nightly meetings; they also Juniors Hope Huckeba and Amy Frank and seniors Kyle Johnson and Matt Shaner sing in the Piazza di Jesu in Naples, Italy. Singing was an integral part of many ca mpai gns , evangelizing as well as advertising for meetings and Bible studies. Photo by Tommy Nix. introduced the preacher 'to reassure tbe people tbat someone would be there for them after the campaign. Nine people were baptized that week. Students returned June 28, bringing lesson books to use in tbe studies that had been set up. During this trip, 26 more people were baptized. "The most exciting part was that the converts were so excited about teaching others," leader Ava Conley said. Senior Jenny Ruhl was an intern in Togo, Africa. The interns shadowed missionaries in different villages, held Togo' sfirst youth conference and learned Ewe, the local language, "The most amazing part was when my host dad asked me to pray in English even tbough they couldn't understand me," RuhI said. "Just knowing tbat the God who understands my prayers in English is also tbe same God who understands their prayers in Ewe was awesome." - Jody Knight Sophomore Matt Speer hugs Shawn, a child he met while door-knocking in Seattle. Speer and the other campaigners met Shawn while ministering to his mother over spring break. Photo by Andrea Soule. Michelle Hammond, criminal justice instructor, plays with a Navajo child she became close to over a spring break campaign 10 Crownpoint, NM. Faculty sponsors were essential to accomplishing the campaigns' purposes. Photo by Mary Edmundson. Campaigns Student Life
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