Global Outreach

Meet Lydia Quandt! She is a senior nursing major who went on a Global Outreach Medical Missions Trip to South Asia. Her trip took place in the summer of 2019.

She shared with us in an interview about some of her favorite memories from the trip, as well as ways that she saw God moving for His glory. Her trip involved partnership with both the Nursing and Pharmacy departments here at Cedarville, and a ministry in South Asia with which Cedarville is connected.

The group visited four cities in ten days and taught people about hygiene, first aid, and CPR.

The main way she saw God moving was through the church, interacting with beautiful brothers and sisters in Christ. Lydia said that the cities were spiritually dark and she shared, “I learned to value the Church so much more when I was on this trip.”

One of her favorite memories was standing on top of the roof of a church. As a team, they were reflecting on the fact that this was the only church in the whole city and they all saw the Lord shining His light from above down on the church. “The church is God’s means to bring His hope to the world.” Lydia encourages students to give control to God so He can use them as His light and hope.

By Maria Salow, GO Council for Global Outreach

One of the unique experiences of the Atlanta team is that they get to learn about other cultural and religious practices and beliefs.

The medical team set up a pop-up clinic to do health screenings for refugees and other members of the local community.

The team went to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.  The white wall pictured above shows the Civil Rights Laws that have been passed.

Pharmacy, Nursing, and Pre-medical students assisted at the Grace Village Medical Clinic.

A quick look at the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Caribbean Sea on the other before heading to camp.

The Eleuthera team before church on Sunday morning! We attended a Haitian Church, Palmetto Point Church of the Nazarene. Joe Gerber prepared a little sermon, Quinn Naegeli and Lexi Groters shared their testimonies, and the team sang In Christ Alone & How Great is Our God.

The team exploring the south side of Eleuthera!

Our team started on Ms. Doris’ home bright and early Monday morning! We were able to take all of the old shingles off and replace wood that was unstable. While roofing was our main activity, our overall goal was to embody what Jesus described as the Church in Matthew 16:13-28. Don’t worry Moms and Dads, we kept our harnesses on!  #CUGO

It has been a great trip so far but very emotionally stretching.  Prayer seems to be a big part of out ministry so far.  We have been able to encourage and pray with several of the church planters.  We are praying here for Hogan who is working in a very difficult part of the city.

More prayer and sharing.

Inviting people in to the church.

Stay tuned!  We will be posting updates from our missions teams throughout spring break.  You can also follow us @cedarvilleGO on instagram and facebook.

Thank you to those who prayed for and supported our teams this year.  Here are a few of our favorite pictures from the summer.

A few of our softball ladies posing with players from Costa Rica.  We call this one, “Don’t Mess.”

Courtney Ashburn and Emily Savard doing vitals on a patient (and apparently her dog) in Ecuador.

Kenan Estes distributing Bibles at a school in Peru.

Halie Hardwick comforting a patient in Eswatini.

Hannah Joiner and Xandra French clowning around with South African friends.

An end of the day stroll with the Ecuador team.

Just a Peru Bible team pic…with the MOST AMAZING background!