Campus Students For Christ - Pan de Vida Page

History

More than 20 years ago, Oscar Aguirre (a CSC and WIU alumnus) started Pan de Vida in Quito, Ecuador when the Lord moved him to compassion for one of His hungry children. Pan de Vida, which means bread of life, has never stopped feeding Ecuadorians, but their outreach and programs have expanded beyond it. They provide shelter, emergency relief, hunger relief, health programs, medical help, community farming, and entrepreneurship training so those they serve can be lifted up out of the cycle of poverty.

CSC's Involvement with PDV

The students at CSC give from their tithes and offerings to support Pan de Vida on a regular basis, but the more exciting opportunity is to travel and serve. On March 8th of 2024, CSC took a week long trip during spring break to serve the people of Ecuador alongside Pan de Vida. We provided VBS for different groups of students, Sunday school lessons on the importance of children to Jesus, and we worked alongside some of those who have started life farms.

Our Last Trip

Luke Little – CSC resident and sports broadcasting major
Peyton Meloney – CSC resident and education major
Mary Hammond – CSC student leader and art student
Olivia Luzadder – CSC resident and education major
Hannah Stevenson – CSC student and engineering major in the Quad Cities
David Elschlager – CSC board member and Secretary, devoted member at Golden Point Christian Church
Dawn Doore – New Testament Christian Church (NTCC member) and PDV veteran
Jeff Doore – NTCC member and PDV veteran
Laura McDowell – NTCC member and mother of many goats (and human kids too)
Janet Geissler – NTCC member and 1st time mission trip attender

How You Can Be Involved

Go: I would love to invite you to join us when we return to PDV! Or, you can get your own trip together by contacting Pan de Vida.
- If you are a student, an alumni, or a member of a supporting church and you would like to attend, fill out the form below!
Pray and fasting
Give: You can give directly to Pan de Vida here:
You can also give to our next Pan de Vida Trip, coming up in the school year 2026-2027. Your support of our mission trips and our students is always appreciated. Students will be required to self-raise $2,500 to go towards the overall cost, though CSC will offset those expenses with $2 dinners on Sunday nights and Trivia nights in the Fall and Spring. You can give on our give page, by check with PDV support in the memo line, or with cash in person. All donations are charitable gifts as CSC is a registered not-for-profit in Illinois and under the IRS by virtue of being a religious center.
Supply: On our next trip you can give from the following list of items that we can take to supply PDV with their needs: bubble wrap, catalog envelopes, colored clay, labels, colored paper, colored pencils, construction paper, copy paper, Elmer’s glue, erasers, file labels, glitter glue, glue sticks, highlighters, index dividers, letter envelopes, padded envelops, clothing markers, sharpie markers, washable markers, note pads and notebooks, paint brushes of all sizes, paper clips, pencil cases, pens, pencils, post-it notes, pushpins, rubber bands, rulers, sealing tape, stamp pads, staples, stationary, tabs, tape and dispensers, thumbtacks, and over the counter medicine and first aid supplies that are not expired.