Several Auburn Adventist Academy students presented their first health talks and sermons in Peru during an evangelistic-mission trip organized by the North Pacific Union Conference in March.
This spring break mission trip included 85 Pacific Northwest participants, with students from Northwest Adventist academies, including AAA from Auburn, Wash., forming 11 of the 20 evangelistic teams.
The presenters and mentors attended mentoring sessions, visited in the community and presented two sets of meetings at churches in close proximity each night. The mentoring meetings covered Peruvian culture, home visitation guidelines and preaching pointers.
The AAA team included two pastor's daughters, Hannah Roberts and Kaleigh Bing, brothers Roger and Eder Reynoso, and Derrick DosSantos. Arturo Ledezma, AAA vice principal for finance, served as a translator and Jeff Carlson, Auburn City (Wash.) Church associate pastor, presented a series of meetings. Doug Bing, Washington Conference vice president for administration, and Bill Roberts, AAA Church senior pastor, served as mentors.
"Smiles really are universal, even if you don't speak the same language," says Kaleigh Bing. "We made some new best friends."
In all, more than 800 people were baptized in Peru. On the final weekend, thousands of Adventists from Trujillo gathered in a downtown coliseum for a celebration rally and to say goodbye to their missionary friends.
Kaleigh Bing (left) and Hannah Roberts, both freshmen at Auburn Adventist Academy, visit a family in Trujillo, Peru, and make friends with a little girl who wanted to play ball. (Bill Roberts)
From left: Arturo Ledzema, Auburn Adventist Academy vice principal for finance, translates for Kaleigh Bing and Hannah Roberts as the AAA students interact with residents of Trujillo, Peru. (Bill Roberts)
Hannah Roberts, AAA freshman, befriends a child in Peru and tells her about her Best Friend, Jesus. (Bill Roberts)
Hannah Roberts, AAA freshman, enjoyed telling children in Peru about Jesus. (Bill Roberts)
A Peruvian family joins Kaleigh Bing (left) and Hannah Roberts, AAA freshmen, for a photo. (Bill Roberts)
Whether during social activities, visiting homes or presenting evangelistic meetings, Hannah Roberts, AAA freshman, shared Jesus' love in Peru. (Bill Roberts)
A team of students and mentors associated with Auburn Adventist Academy traveled to Peru for hands-on experience with evangelism.
At the end of each sermon, Kaleigh Bing, AAA freshman, asked people to respond to God working in their hearts. In all, 11 people were baptized between the two churches where Bing preached in Trujillo, Peru.
