Northwestern College students volunteer for summer missions

During her Summer of Service experience in the Philippines last year, Northwestern nursing student Candra Penning served in a Luke Society hospital and clinic.

Fourteen Northwestern College students will spend their summers as short-term missionaries through the college’s Summer of Service (SOS) program. They will spend at least six weeks volunteering with mission agencies in nine countries, including Ghana, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Uganda, the United States and nations in Asia and eastern Europe.

The Northwestern volunteers will assist physicians, teachers and other missionaries in hospitals, orphanages and refugee camps that are overflowing with people displaced from Syria and other volatile and war-torn regions. They will teach English, distribute food and clothing, and host programs and activities for children with organizations such as Pioneers, International Teams and the Luke Society.

Since 1981, Northwestern College’s SOS program has encouraged and prepared students to be effective Christian servants around the world. Team members raise their own funds through the support of family, friends and their churches.

For a list of the SOS team members’ names, dates of service, and details about the ministry in which each student will participate, visit www.nwciowa.edu/SOSteam.