Inspire, Fall/Winter 2008

overheard The day after graduation, I flew with Dr. Blumenstock ’63 and an excited group of students to visit Greece, Egypt, Turkey, and Israel. Whether hiking up Mount Sinai at 3 a.m., savoring warm breezes from the Sea of Galilee, sweltering inside a pyramid, sipping cappuccino at the Parthenon, or touching the time-worn stones of the Wailing Wall, this hands-on trip forever changed how I read the Bible . Sandy (Bennett) McKinney ’00, Statesville, North Carolina While touring in the Czech Republic with the Concert Chorale, I shared Christ with a clerk in our hotel . I was disappointed when we left the next day because he had not yet made a decision. But I was excited to learn that another member of the Chorale talked with him later and he received Christ that same night! Bethann (Mohn) Greenawalt ’96, Lititz, Pennsylvania My trips from Cedarville to Des Moines, Iowa, were always eventful, but none had greater impact on my life than the trip where I met my future wife. A girl named Robin (Stockham) ’86 had room for me in her van, and we talked a great deal on that 12-hour trip . We’ve now been married 19 years. Steve Walter ’87, Des Moines, Iowa Over a spring break tour with the Kingsmen Quartet, we had a flat tire — and no spare. We tried to cancel our Sunday evening concert, but they waited for us to get there , even though we arrived two hours after the service started! Brian Bales ’93, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio When my friend Sara and I had to stay behind in Miami for a day while the rest of the volleyball team flew to the Dominican Republic, our coach gave us money for food and a hotel. We didn’t realize how much fun it would be, even though we had to go through customs by ourselves! Lori (Royal) Morton ’95, Hoopeston, Illinois As our MIS team was headed to Australia, our flight attendants discovered that we were a college singing group and invited us to stand and sing in the aisles. Even though the batteries in our boom box ran out, the passengers clapped politely at our a cappella performance. Sharon (Whitford) Shearer ’83, Stevens, Pennsylvania Q uestion for the next issue : What was your most embarrassing moment as a new Cedarville student? Send your answer to Alumni Relations, 251 N. Main St., Cedarville, OH 45314, or e-mail alumni@cedarville.edu . Selected responses will be printed in the spring issue of Inspire. Deadline for entries is January 15, 2009. Cedarville University 9