student life

Spring Break Missions

During Spring Break 2013, LeTourneau University sent out a few hundred students all over the country to be the hands and feet of Jesus--from South Padre Island, TX, to Dillingham, AK. Grace Peterson talks about her week in Alaska volunteering at a Christian Youth Center and her week of "no regrets".

 

SPRING BREAK ’13 NO REGRETS! I remember in high school that being a popular phrase in the weeks leading up to spring break. Even though the phrase may be slightly dated (my high school days aren’t so long gone) it is an accurate summation of my break. Last week I went on one of LeTourneau Student Missions (LSM) spring break trips. I went with 4 fellow students, a spouse and a faculty sponsor to Dillingham, Alaska.

While we were there we volunteered at a Christian Youth Center. We did everything from taking snow mobiles out on the Tundra to get firewood to fuel the wood stove (a cheap form of heating) to skits and testimonies when the center was open. Honestly, it was very spiritually and physically exhausting. However, our last morning there we saw the Northern Lights, and I took it as a rainbow from God, a silent reminder in the sky that I don’t see all that is going on but He remains faithful. So it really was a spring break with no regrets.

Now I am trying to get back into the swing of school. My sister compared college to an uphill marathon sprint, yet the second half of a semester is a downhill 100 meter dash on a course slicked with oil. All that to say, it goes fast, very fast. Term papers, lab reports and the last few sectional tests are looking me in the eye, but one day at a time, one task at a time and it will all be over. It won’t be all school for me until May though.

Next week is Easter, which means camping! I love camping trips with friends; it always seems like that’s when the best stories are born and the sweetest moments are shared. And then a few weeks after that is Hootenanny. This is a LeTourneau student run talent show on steroids. Quartets to monologs are performed during the laughter filled event. As you can see, the rest of this semester is coming to a speedy end, but every moment has been completely worthwhile!

Until next time!

 

 Grace (pictured in the middle) enjoys her time in Alaska with friends and snowmobiles.

 

Spring Is Around The Corner

Avery Cheeley, a sophomore Mechanical Engineering major, talks about several awesome student events he's enjoyed during this semester and his spring break plans for next week.

Springtime is full of excitement and anticipation here at LeTourneau, not only because of the change in season, but also because it marks the halfway point in the semester. As spring break approaches, I like to think about different activities with which I’ve filled my free-time, such as acousticafe, intramurals, or just hanging with friends.

Yellow Jacket Activities Council (YAC) hosts events nearly every week, including everything from game night, where board games and videogames are organized at different locations on campus so that students can hang out and play games together, to a mid-January late-night Easter egg hunt (I have no idea what the thinking behind this was, but it was a blast). Other activities include an evening at Air-U, a trampoline gymnasium; man hunt, a city-wide scavenger hunt; and humans vs. zombies, a week
where humans avoid being infected by the zombies.

Different floor events can keep you busy as well: Valentine’s day dinner with the sister/brother floor, an all-hall olympic-style competition, and field hockey games are just a few examples of how a floor might grow together through activities.

This spring break I’m going on one of the eight Spring Break Missions Trips that LeTourneau Student Ministries (LSM) organizes. It’s a trip to South Padre Island, where we will give free van rides and pancakes to college students who are there to party as a way of showing them Christ’s love and the Gospel. I can’t wait. :)