A group of five North Greenville University students and one professor spent spring break making an impact in Nicaragua.
Kortnee Stelly spends time with a child in Nicaragua.The NGU team worked with a team from a Spartanburg church volunteering with Chosen Children Ministries, helping build houses and ministering to children. The Spartanburg team ran a medical clinic, which gave students the opportunity to spend time with the children of those waiting for attention.
Kortnee Stelly, a sophomore from Lexington, said her team worked with children in the slums. “I was constantly overwhelmed by tons of arms around me and faces smiling at me,” she said. Stelly said that of all the work the team did in Nicaragua, sharing Bible stories and the love of Christ with the small Nicaraguan children was her favorite memory.
“The best part was running through the streets with children laughing and holding my hands,” Stelly said. “I could – love on those children day in and day out and bring joy and peace to them through Christ.”
Levi Smith, a senior from Warrenton, Ore., said the best thing about the trip was “living a life for a week without a phone or without Facebook, where the only thing that mattered was glorifying God.” – NGU