Christopher Rush

As part of our year-long wrap-up party, and in honor of our 10^th issue, we thought you might be interested in getting a brief update on some of the students who helped make Redeeming Pandora over the years.  This issue we hear from first season’s Emily Grant and second season’s Lia Waugh.

Emily Grant

I am currently a student at Christopher Newport University.  A Chemistry major and a Leadership minor, I spend my time roaming the halls of the science building, procrastinating on writing my lab reports, and avoiding working on papers about the multiple theories of Leadership.  A sophomore, I currently live with former Summit students Julie McIlhaney and Emma McNally.

Lia Waugh

I’m working fulltime at Tidewater Orthopedic Associates Physical Therapy clinic.  I take the patients through their exercises, do different treatments on them (Cold Laser Therapy, Ultrasound), and love every part of it.  My coworkers and boss are great people, and everyone gets along very well and has fun working together.  I can’t think of a more rewarding job than having a patient come in having not been able to walk and being able to watch them progress and walk (and more).  I love that I’m able to directly impact people’s lives, even if it’s just with a smile and making them feel better.  My dream is to end up in the missions field, whether it is medical missions or not.  I just want that incredibly badly.  I do night classes at Thomas Nelson and have not been mugged or shot yet.  It’s not as bad as people think; the work is actually really hard.  But I love my classes; the more I study Biology, the more my love for God deepens.  So that’s where I am!  Eagerly waiting to see where else God leads me.  Even though I’m only a couple of months into college, I’m in awe of seeing how God has used some of my darkest hours to make me into the person He wants me to be.  He truly does make beautiful things out of the dust.