2008 heather campbell essay contest honorable mention I. I FIRST MET THE Rostov region of southern Russia as a missionary at twenty-two. I spent a year and a half wandering the streets, talking to strangers about Jesus: to the woman from Poland, her glasses tied around her head, as she pushed pieces of watermelon into [...]
Contest Honorees, Essays, Winter 2009
God Sees the Truth, but Waits
by Jes S. Curtis
Finding Courage
by Nicole Trone
WHEN I MET SISTER RORDEN I felt dwarfed by her height, but I saw kindness in her toothy smirk. She seemed patient enough with me when I snapped a picture of her sleeping on the night train, so I felt sure we would get along just fine. When we arrived in Odessa, Ukraine, I couldn’t help [...]