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“What would I
like to do for Spring Break?” This question streams into the minds of
students every year. For many, this question is simple. The typical
students do not think about anything other than nine days of pure
freedom. They want to spend their much-desired carte blanche playing in
the snow skiing, going to a warm beach and playing in the sand or laying
out on the grass to get a tan before school commences again. On the
other hand, some students have thought past the conventional activities
for Spring Break and have decided to spend their “free time”
volunteering with Rita Recovery. |
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Chad Boling, the 22 year old team
leader of a group from Nebraska, stated that this trip is his “fourth
time in the South. I just keep meeting new people. You feel like you
are needed. You accomplish a lot more working on houses than doing some
random thing for Spring Break.” While other student spend their time
sleeping in, Chad and his team are spending their time getting dirty.
This team is tiring their bodies to help other families by gutting
houses and repairing roofs. Not only are they doing this work, but they
are doing all of this work with a smile on their face. Seventeen year
old Melissa West informed us that “God told me to do this work” as she
enthusiastically tore down another chunk of sheetrock from the ceiling
of the home she had been working on.
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Volunteering on these homes is not
only satisfying, but the opportunity to meet the people that they are
helping is leaving an impression on the team’s hearts. Vicky Culver, a
chaperone for the group, told us that “the experiences that the people
have had here has made us want to come down and help alleviate some of
their burdens.”
While these impressionable students
have spent their Spring Break working on a home, straying from the norm
of playing with friends, their work is quite noteworthy. The families
are able to return home because of the sacrifice that people like these
students have made for others. |
| Above: The students are trying crawfish for their first
time. Some are not sure what to make of these "mud bugs," but they
were good sports and tried them anyways. |
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