{"id":123,"date":"2011-04-06T09:27:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T14:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/?p=123"},"modified":"2011-04-06T09:27:46","modified_gmt":"2011-04-06T14:27:46","slug":"sife-team-trips-to-honduras-and-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2011\/04\/06\/sife-team-trips-to-honduras-and-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"SIFE team trips to Honduras and Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lots of ACU students traveled to far away places during our March Spring Break. A couple hundred students traveled to cities across the US with Spring Break campaigns<\/a> – volunteering and working with local churches. And several other students planned a trip with friends to go hang out in the sun on the beach, or to their hometown to rest and relax with their families. Five students from the College of Business had another idea altogether.<\/p>\n

They headed down to Honduras<\/strong> for a week of service and learning. I had a chance to ask Dr. Jinkerson, Associate Professor of Management, and SIFE sponsor, more about their trip. Here’s what he shared:<\/p>\n

1) How many students went to Honduras?<\/span><\/em>
\n<\/span> <\/em>5 SIFE Students
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\n2) What was the primary focus of the trip?
\n<\/span> <\/em>To meet up with some 65 other college students from sister institutions (Harding, Freed, Lipscomb) and work with a local missionary (Marc Tindell) to serve the people in Honduras.\u00a0 The ACU students went to the “Dump” (landfill outside of Tegusagalpa) where people actually live and survive.\u00a0 Twice that week, they went to the Dump and fed the people living there.\u00a0 They provide beans, rice, totillas, and clean water.\u00a0 Two other days, they build houses for individuals that had no place to live.\u00a0 A house is a 16×16 structure with a floor, window, door and tin roof.\u00a0 For people who are used to having nothing, it is like a mansion.\u00a0 On another day, they went to visit the local hospital where they spent time with kids (some of which are dying).\u00a0 We provided hamburgers to the families that had kids in the hospital.
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\n3) Tell us about three highlights from the group’s trip?
\n<\/span> <\/em>See poverty up close and treating those people with love and respect.
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\n4) What lesson or lessons do you hope the students walked away with?
\n<\/span> <\/em>To thank God for the blessings that we have and never take those for granted.\u00a0 Also, Jesus in Matthew 25 said that we are to feed the hungry, cloth the naked, and visit the sick.\u00a0 That is what we tried to do.
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\n5) How do experiences like Honduras enhance the business principles our students are learning in the classroom?
\n<\/span> <\/em>Our next project down there will involve establishing a business where they will grow produce\u00a0 and fish for food and provide enough to sell so that they can provide for their families.\u00a0 Our students will help with the business plans as well as some of the market research.\u00a0 Internships will also be available in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n

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At the end of March, thirteen COBA students traveled to Chicago for a regional competition. Our team presented four different projects: <\/span><\/p>\n