High School International Mission Trip

Spring is in the air, or at least it was temporarily. Unfortunately, a small cold snap occurred and threw everyone for a loop. However, it did not keep students from focusing on a very critical aspect of the year, Spring Break. While most of us think about destinations such as the beach, Disney-world, or the mountains, a small contingent of the SBEC family prepared for the International Biblical Studies class’ annual mission trip. This year the class traveled in March to beautiful Costa Rica.

During this school year, the students studied about missions, researched economic, cultural, and social aspects of Costa Rica, finished their preparations for the trip, and raised their own funds for the short-term mission trip. Suddenly the time came for 22 students and 5 staff members to board a plane for Costa Rica.

It is so difficult to explain the impact God had on the lives of our students and the many people of all ages to whom they ministered in Costa Rica. Many of the students were changed spiritually forever. Suffice it to say, this trip was covered in prayer and God worked through the students in many different ways. He gets all the glory for the seeds that were sown on this mission trip.

In a recent chapel, a number of the students shared with the student body first about the people they met on the trip. Further, they shared about what they did on the trip, what God taught them, and how they were challenged spiritually. It was so encouraging to hear each of the students explain how God utilized them to spread the gospel despite their inadequacies and stretched them so they would depend only on Him.

We thank the SBEC Board of Trustees, the administration, faculty, and staff for keeping the vision of short-term missions so active and alive for our students.

Robert Belue,

Assistant High school Administrator