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| “Meeting the children made me realize the reality if some people’s lives. I thank Beth for her sugar cookie-prompted excitement, Mason for helping me see that we can smile even when things aren’t so great. I thank Carrie for showing me that we, as college students, we are in some ways just like them, having to deal with homework and tests. I also thank Kayla for her bravery.” -Adaeze Elechi, 19, sophomore journalism major. |
When fall break came, four Belmont students and assistant university minister Christy Ridings piled into Christy’s car and headed to Johnson City, Tenn. for a mission trip.
Ashley Eayre, Chris Donnell, Paul Harrison and myself, Adaeze Elechi, did not quite know what we were headed for. Only Christy really knew. She had been there over the summer with another team of student volunteers. Paul had only signed up to go the morning of the trip. We were clueless, but we were eager to work.
It was a cozy five-hour drive to Johnson City. Although I was asleep for most of it, the turning leaves on the mountains, according to everyone else, made for beautiful scenery.
