By Erin Mangold, Student Reporter

Spring Break Campaigns are preparing to head to 20 national and four international destinations this week.

The campaigns traveling out of the country will go to Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Regina, Canada. Meredith Platt, sophomore Bible major from Midland and secretary of the SBC Committee, said Chicago, St. Paul and Guatemala were a few of the campaigns that filled up first.

However, the group traveling to Seattle is the largest. Mark Foster, junior information technology major from Abilene, and Katie Stansell, junior history major from Abilene, are the leaders of this campaign. They went to Seattle their freshman year, and each said they could not wait to take another group back. Foster said their campaign consists of 28 students, but most campaigns have about 10-15 people.

“It is a really great experience and a great way to meet new people and form new friendships,” Foster said.

Spring Break Campaigns offer students the opportunity to live out ACU’s mission statement: “To educate students for Christian service and leadership throughout the world.”

The Seattle group will be a part of “Urban Emersion,” allowing the members to experience Seattle through a homeless person’s eyes. Group members are given only a few dollars and left on the streets to fend for themselves for one day.

Also, according to the SBC Web site, “The campaigners will be working with area churches at their locations and will be doing everything from building churches and entertaining children to feeding the homeless and spreading the love of Christ by serving others, shining His light into a darkened world.”

“All of our contacts at the different locations have been very excited the past few weeks and cannot wait for ACU students to come to their communities,” Platt said.

For more information about spring break campaigns, visit www.acusbc.org.