RCHS Missions Team Serves Locally Before Leaving for Navajo Nation

Back row: Jackson Strange, Zach Kahn, Jeshua Hernandez, Travis Dong, Isaiah Bautista, Gavin Fanucchi,
Middle Row: Aidan Azraei, David Barquero, Jonathan Murray, Sophia Sautter, Cristiana Ramos, Timothy Pak, Jerryann Dania, Kristine Pak, Tori Hopken former Missions Teams member (RCHS Class of 2023)
Front Row: Dr. Evan Barnhart, Sydney Driggers, Eva Seganish, Emilee Doehne, Janine Ducusin, Micaiah Leyva

On February 22, between 12:30pm and 2pm, the Redwood Christian High Schools Missions Team prepared meals for Kids Against Hunger Bay Area at their Pleasanton warehouse.

Missions Team Director Dr. Evan Barnhart was so proud stating “our students love to serve others and their making 6912 meals in 90 minutes - one every 1.28 seconds! - is a great example of how they come together to serve together.”

Preparing meals for Kids Against Hunger Bay Area (Sherry Leal, Executive Director) came three weeks prior to their March 14 departure to serve the Navajo Nation for ten days at Across Nations in Widow Rock, Arizona.   The Missions Team will be teaching classes, working on building projects, leading chapels and befriending and encouraging others.

Dr. Al Hearne, Redwood Christian Schools Superintendent, remembers when in 2006 then Superintendent Bruce D. Johnson asked him to lead the first Missions Team Trip: “The excitement that first year was a mixture of serving in a ministry in Guatemala the first time and all of the uncertainties, imagined and real, that could happen.  But, trusting Jesus, we moved ahead. Our students have served in Guatemala and the Dominican Republic prior to teaming with Across Nations beginning in 2013.  Every year, our students take the Lord Jesus with them, and serve with commitment and dedication raising the funds for the trip and many of the projects they encounter.  We are very proud of our students.”