Alumni Story | Torey
Torey Lynn Mayfield grew up in Buckeye, Arizona on an onion farm. This is not the introduction to a southwestern, fiction short story. It’s true. And this Gap Year alumna has an incredible story to tell… “I was raised among believers,” she says. “My siblings and I grew up in the church, our parents taught…
Church Overseas
“We’ve only been here for a few days, but being with our partners has already taught me so much about seeing people as people. There has been such a beautiful emphasis on learning people’s names and stories, looking at them as Jesus would.” – Bristol Whitley While in South Africa, my understanding of the “big…
What 48 Hours in Alabama taught us
Sit back, take a moment, and imagine for a second that your current identity no longer defines you. Your money, your privilege, your livelihood, your innocence, your rights as an American have all been stripped away. You, (insert name here), are now a Venezuelan refugee. You and your family are on the run from your crisis-stricken country,…