Volleyball and faith took Makenzie Bouse halfway around the globe and back.
The Willard High School graduate recently spent two weeks in the woodsy green mountains of Thailand playing volleyball and doing mission work for Athletes in Action, a ministry that uses foreign and domestic sports tours to encourage people to become Christians.
Bouse’s mother Jennifer went on three different Athletes in Action volleyball trips when she was in college. Bouse was inspired by stories and photos from those trips for years.
“I knew that I wanted to be a part of it,” Bouse said. “I had to wait until I was in college to go, but when the opportunity came, God opened up doors and had this perfect timing for me to go.