Shannon Spargo spent spring break on Dordt College mission project

2011 Apr 5

Shannon Spargo of East Berne, N.Y., spent spring break in Atlanta Ga., while participating in PLIA (Putting Love Into Action), a mission program with Dordt College. Spargo is a sophomore majoring in agriculture: animal science.

The goal of PLIA is to share Christ's love with people in diverse communities; to challenge participants to adopt a more service-oriented lifestyle; and to assist and encourage the growth of ministry centers with which they work.

In Atlanta, the team dug ditches, helped build the sides of a house, sheared a sheep, and worked at an after school program with God's Farm.

"The experience of working with the kids during this trip planted a strong desire in me to seek a child-like faith," said Samuel Lee, a senior, about how this PLIA trip affected him.

This year 135 students from Dordt College spent their spring break serving others. Groups of seven to ten students participated in PLIA, traveling to one of 15 locations in the U.S. and Canada. Teams went to Denver, Colo.; Grand Junction, Colo.; Atlanta, Ga.; Neon, Ky.; New Orleans, La.; Cary, Miss.; Jackson, Miss.; Mendenhall, Miss.; Bozeman, Mont.; Las Vegas, Nev.; Camden, N.J.; Shiprock, N.M.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Ansted, W.Va.; and Toronto, Canada.

To learn about the projects that the other teams participated in, visit www.dordt.edu.