Vallen Cook is among the approximately 200 students from Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, who traveled across the U.S. and around the world for the college’s annual Spring Service Projects (SSP) March 3-12.
Cook is a junior and is a Christian education and youth ministry major at Northwestern College. He participated in shortterm mission work with Voice of Calvary Ministries in Jackson, Miss.
Cook is the son of Shannon Morrison of Grand Portage.
Spring Service Project members raise their own travel funds through their individual families, friends and churches and also through fundraisers on campus and in the community.
Northwestern College’s short-term mission programs bear the Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Missions (SOE) seal, ensuring that participating organizations get NWC mission teams that are of high quality. SOE standards include adequate pre-trip training and resources, as well as consistent post-trip follow-up and accountability.
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