Acteens Activators is designed to give teens the chance to go out as a team and do missions work with Southern Baptist missions personnel in the United States and Canada. Acteens Activators Abroad provides an opportunity for the teens to work with international missionaries. Last summer in Albuquerque, they had the privilege of leading 33 children in the inner city to Jesus. Odom said she knows of no other reason so many have committed to full-time ministry other than the fact they have seen and done ministry firsthand. Activator teams do Backyard Bible Clubs, mission Vacation Bible Schools, community surveys, drama, music, puppets and food and clothing distribution, for example.
Most teams serve between one and two weeks, in addition to travel time to and from the field.
He's gone on all of Quail Springs' trips. We worked with inner-city kids who were hard to deal with, but God gave us patience and a love for them. It was coming off a mission trip, having been on four others, having awesome experiences with God that led me to the realization that full-time ministry is what I need to be doing the rest of my life. Hantla said after the group returned from Massachusetts the year before, he felt the calling into ministry but was scared to make a commitment because he wasn't sure that was what God wanted him to do. But in Albuquerque, I experienced more of God than I ever experienced, and I was ready to make that commitment.