Campbell alumna travels to Africa on mission trip

     Sherry Raynor Worrell, a 1982 Campbell graduate and physical education teacher, traveled to Nigeria and Zambia for a mission trip in September.
     She went to Zambia to minister to children in the village of Luanga. The people of this village live in grass huts without electricity. Using her expertise as a teacher, she taught the children many things, including how to blow up balloons. They managed to play with them in the bush without popping the balloons.
     Worrell also visited the youth at the New Life Fellowship Church in Kabanana near Luanga. Her students at Floyd L. Knight School in Sanford made cross necklaces as gifts for the children. The year before, her class collected various sports equipment and balls to give to the youth. They also gave the children a parachute with the handprints of the students on it.
     The pastor of New Life Fellowship Church of Olivia, N.C., Rev. Gail Dickens has started seven churches in Zambia. She was also the featured speaker at a women’s conference in Nigeria. Worrell is thankful to Dickens for organizing these trips to Africa.
     “Reverends Dickens has opened the door for me with this special opportunity,” said Worrell. “I also appreciate the support I got from Campbell when I was a student there. The university always encouraged students to share their faith.”
     In her spare time, Worrell coordinates the Lee County Special Olympics Spring Games and is the youth director and pianist for the New Life Fellowship Church.
     The churches in Zambia are growing and there is a need for schools for the children in the villages. For more information, contact: New Life Fellowship Missions, P.O. Box 336, Olivia, NC 28368.

Photo Copy: Campbell alumna Sherry Raynor Worrell photographed these Zambian children on a recent mission trip to Africa.