(Originally appeared in the April 2000 issue of the Liberty High School Sentinel newspaper.)
I spent my week-off for spring break in Florida with my youth group doing a Christian service trip—basically picking up fruit that would otherwise go to waste and donating it to hunger ministries. Toward the end of the week, the focus shifted (intentionally) to a vacation. On Thursday, we had intended to visit the Kennedy Space Center. Boy, were we in for a surprise.