Student missionaries go beyond stereotypes
Mission trips provide opportunity to reach out, reflect on evangelism, grow in self-understanding
Tina Colon ’09 stood in the middle of a field in Bogota, Colombia, watching children and adults crowd around the break-dancers in front of her. One group of teenage boys, covered in tattoos and striking defiant poses, hung off to the side rolling their eyes. Five minutes later, the toughest of them all broke down in tears, admitted to a life of drugs and crime and wondered aloud where he went wrong.
SIEDLECKI TO STEP DOWN