Mark’s Pre-Trip Blog
I'm excited to take part in this mission trip in order to give back and pay it forward to my fellow man. My own family has recently gone through an eventful year with our second child, Finley. Born with a congenital [...]
Greg’s Pre-Trip Blog
This week I was contemplating the upcoming A2S Mission Trip to Benin City, Nigeria that we'll take in late June and early July. As I thought about this trip which is less than a month away, the pressures of the [...]
Anna’s Pre-Trip Blog
Here I am, on my way back to Nigeria again this year. After my experiences from last year’s trip, I am anxious to reconnect with old friends and see how things have changed and progressed since last year. Almost 12 [...]
Jennifer’s Pre-Trip Blog
I'm really excited to go back home considering the fact it's my first time going back since I left, and also to see how much A2S has grown in Nigeria. I am really looking forward to the After School Academy [...]
Wisdom’s Pre-Trip Blog
I'm going back to my home country to take another huge step in accomplishing my dreams! Coming to the US in August 2016 was one of my major dreams and was actually one of the steps to accomplish my huge [...]
Lindsay’s Pre-Trip Blog
You know how you have that place where when you pass by something familiar, it just feels like you’re almost home? For me, one of those places is touching down in an Arik Air airplane onto the runway of Benin [...]
Juliet’s Pre-Trip Blog
My names are Esadah Onome Juliet. I am 18 years old and a native of Urhobo from Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. I completed my high school attending Hamilton Heights Christian Academy, and finished as salutatorian of my class. I just finished [...]
Justice’s Pre-Trip Blog
In preparation for my trip back home, I have been thinking in retrospect for what this past year held for me. In this past year, my perspective about life has changed in many ways. Living my life, is knowing it [...]
Kristina’s Pre-Trip Blog
It is almost time for my first international trip and I am so excited for this opportunity. I have never been out of the country before so where better to go than Nigeria for such a meaningful trip? After having [...]
Jafar Sets The Bar High
Jafar, A2S’s first student to receive a scholarship to pursue an American high school and college education, recently graduated college with the highest GPA in his class and the Co-Male Student Athlete of the Year award. A2S discovered Jafar at [...]
