students, are satiating the needs of our world! As I stand back and observe the fruits of the McMurry in Motion project thus far, I’m amazed at what I see. Families in Haiti have a safe, dry place to call home. Children at New Beginnings Children’s Home in India have a renewed hope in life and their own capacity to lead India into the future. And, McMurry students are becoming the change they wish to see in the world. But
I’m not just amazed; I’m excited about the fruits to come because, just like those seeds my grandfather planted, each student on our campus is packed full of potential. The question is for us. Will we continue to cultivate environments that unlock that potential and produce the fruits of leadership, excellence, virtue, and service that our world is so desperately hungry for?
A Student’s Reflection BY MARTHA CHASE
“L’amore es belle.” Love is beautiful. A child from the first time I went to Haiti exchanged bracelets with Bethany, a friend of mine who also went on this mission trip, and L’amore es belle was written on the bracelet. Prior to Haiti, love was something I thought I had my mind wrapped around—boys, myself, friends, family and Christ, right? Wrong. It didn’t take but a day of working with the people of Haiti, to realize love was bigger than anything I could ever imagine. I had gone to Haiti with the intention of having my eyes opened to the world and to things of the world that I was not aware of. Sure, the trip definitely opened my eyes to this, but on a grander scale, at least for me, it opened my eyes to the world I live in, not the one that surrounds me. Because, truth is, the world that I thought surrounded me IS the world that I live in. Going to Haiti was a phenomenal experience, and the sheer velocity of the culture shock struck me the moment we walked off the
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plane. The air felt different, and as we scurried on, it was extremely evident that the people were different too. We could look them in the eye, barely smiling because we were tired from traveling, and they would give us a huge, white smile in return—something that is pretty
