Spring Break Missions

At Bethel, everyone is getting back from spring break, and it seems like everyone did something different. The people that I talk to whose stories stick out the most are those who went on spring break missions trips. Over 135 students went on them, most of them going to far away places like Louisiana and West Virgina. They built homes, and did a variety of other things for the communities they worked with, and I have heard nothing but wonderful experiences coming out of it. Almost everyone I have talked to also cannot wait to go back and serve there again. In order to go, the students had to have a certain amount of money which they had to raise on their own. A few people I know had a little trouble raising all the money they needed, but they managed to do it. I just think it's important for people to also support trips like this, even they weren't going to do vacation Bible schools or anything like that. They had opportunities to share the gospel with the people and show Christ's love to them in a real way. That's so important and I hope that it continues to be important to those who went on these trips. There are some people who are on my church's Nett Lake team who have been going longer than I have. A guy named Aric Sorenson has been going for 10 years, since we first started. He loves every one of the kids on that reservation, and they know it. Nothing but love and consistency could have shown that.