A Summer of Faith

This past summer, 42 people traveled over 10,000 miles for one common purpose: to serve Christ in other communities.

All of these people went on week-long trips as part of Cross Cultural Ministry Project, a Cotter club focused on service. CCMP’s mission is “to instill in its participants a greater understanding and awareness of diverse ways of living and being in the world”, and this is accomplished by sending out students and chaperones to different communities every summer.

This year’s trips were located in Benton Harbor, Michigan; Gatlinburg, Tennessee; Topsail, North Carolina; and Ponce, Puerto Rico. The North Carolina and Puerto Rico groups worked with TEAMeffort and the other two groups worked with Youthworks, which are both Christian organizations that lead mission trips. For the groups, work ranged from gardening and home repair to working with children at a bible school or a daycare.

After going on her trip, one participant said, “I wish I would have done this sooner. This trip changed not only my faith life but also my day-to-day life. I will always remember this experience.”

 

Benton Harbor, MI                        Ponce, PR

Brennan Schaffner                        Courtney Pelissero

Tim DeMarais                            Kate Bruner

Alex Arnold                            Casey Modjeski

Corey Piper                            Michelle Flanagan

Tristan Penic                            Annie Chang

Alex Schell                            Daniel Parlin

Chaperones:                         Michaela Peplinski

Eric Penic                                Tri Nguyen

Kerryl Piper                           Chaperones:

Walt Carpenter

Heather Carpenter

 

Gatlinburg, TN                            Topsail, NC

Kyle Kerrigan                            Joe Tlougan

Leah Koll                            Katie Nachtigal

Sam French                            McKenna Marg

Brynn Spitzer                            CeeJay Schaffner

Jennifer Beranek                        Garrett Crowley

Cora Arnold                            Hannah Spiten

Kate Duellman                            John Grattan

Kaylin Zukowski                            Chaperones:

Mariya Swanson                        Sandra Hohnstadt

Kelly Vaselaar                            Lynn Rowe

Chris VanderZanden

Kyle Schneider

Colin Duellman

Chaperones:

Rick Spitzer

Mary Schneider