College Spring Break Missions Experience

Campbell Student Perspective

By Ainsley Blasius - Campbell University Student

Cooperative Baptist Student Fellowship at Campbell University was able to join BSF Western Carolina with CBSF University of North Carolina Ashville on a mission trip to Charleston, South Carolina over spring break. We worked with Metanoia, an organization focused on asset-based community development, for five days in the North Charleston area.

We were able to create a park for the community by cleaning up the area of debris, building a fence and spreading mulch over the area. We also had the opportunity to partner with Water Mission and help them prep for their Walk for Water fundraiser. The team there worked on cleaning tents, loading trailers full of buckets and creating gift bags for donors.

Three members from Campbell went on the trip and it meant a lot for a portion of our group to go.

As the newest CBSF group in North Carolina, it was nice to meet students and leaders from other universities who value the Cooperative Baptist expression of faith.

Our group was able to make so many new connections with other college students.

For me, it was an amazing experience, because it was my first mission trip and changed the way I think about serving others.

Working with Metanoia helped me better understand that missions are more about seeing the value in a person rather than just doing an act of service for them.

This experience created a deeper sense of connection for the group as a whole and individuals who attended, myself included.