| A primary objective for American Southwest is
to nurture Christian faith in the lives of students and staff.
This happens in regular evening or morning devotionals led by students
and staff, vigorous theological debates in the coach or other settings,
singing songs of faith together, morning prayers on the coach as we head
out for another day, and analyzing issues of resources and relationships
from a Christian perspective. See our full list of trip
objectives. |
Another back-of-the-bus Bible class/debate in full swing. Topics
range from politics to peace to predestination. Four Bibles came
out in this well-mannered debate that lasted well over an hour.
Students learn theology but also good principles of listening and
hearing another point of view. |
Elwood Yoder plays guitar and Alden Hostetter uses his
harmonica (middle left) to play and sing about 30 minutes of familiar
gospel songs to help students get up in the morning at the Redondo Beach
Wilderness Park in southern California |
Josh digs for Bible verses to use in his Immigration PowerPoint
presentation |
Risa and Monika read Scripture and lead in prayer before
dinner at the Stephen F. Austin State Park in eastern Texas. |
These skilled teenage musicians led upbeat and energetic
worship through songs in Spanish at the Iglesia Menonita Church in
Houston |
Myron Blosser leads a devotional from Psalm 63 at the
Goshen College marine biology center in the Florida Keys. |
