by Bridgette Begle | Mar 14, 2014 | News Slider
Spring break happenings are in full swing and Lipscomb students are everywhere from on campus to foreign countries including El Salvador and Jamaica. Students have been planning for their spring break mission trips since the fall semester. The women’s soccer team is heading back to El Salvador for the second time while other mission trips include Saba, Guatemala and Honduras. Junior Karli Crosby from the women’s soccer team is one of four from the original group that went last year. Crosby is excited and feels like it will be a different experience from last year. “I can’t wait to experience the trip that changed my life last year with a new group of my teammates,” Crosby said. “God is going to do great things with this group of girls, and I can’t wait to continue the work we started last year.” Sophomore Lauren Poe is also going on the second mission trip of her life with the Jamaica team. The team will mostly be doing construction of houses and visiting schools and infirmaries. “I’m most looking forward to being able to serve the people there and get closer with my [mission] team,” Poe said. “I’m also an education major, so I’m looking forward to going into the schools there and being with the children.” Not everyone will be on mission trips this break though. Senior golfer MacKenzy Carter is leaving from her golf trip in Hawaii to head to the Bahamas to begin her final spring break. “I am most looking forward to relaxing without golf or classes flooding my mind,” Carter said. “I love being outside, so I...
by Kelsey Reiman | Feb 25, 2013 | News Slider, Sports
The Lipscomb women’s soccer team, with the encouragement and support of a new coaching staff, has planned its first spring break mission trip to El Salvador. The team will serve and share the Gospel with indigenous communities and knit a stronger bond between themselves. Assistant coach Chris Klotz has been in direct communication with the mission staff of Sports Outreach Institute, and they have set the trip to begin on March 15. Between now and then, Klotz will be leading team meetings and preparing the hearts and minds of players to accept and embrace the challenge. During a mission trip meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 20, Klotz asked the team to meditate on and pray about Biblical passage Romans 12, which tells Christians to become a living sacrifice for God, serving humbly with joy, faith and sincere love. “There is something very significant that happens to the culture of a team when they are focused on serving others,” Klotz said. “Through building relationships, experiencing a much different culture and realizing that God is bigger than the bubble we live in, it is my prayer that our team would become more unified in the purpose God has for us — to love Him and love others.” “I decided to go on the trip because I wanted to embrace this amazing opportunity God has provided – to travel to an area that isn’t as fortunate as we are here and to show His love to children that have been put in difficult living situations,” sophomore defenseman Brittany Rupple said. El Salvadoran native and freshman midfielder Cristina Giron said she hopes the values of her...
