But Jennifer Pavlisko topped them all. She went to Africa. In January, Pavlisko paid her own way to travel to Mozambique in South Africa, to help needy, homeless and abandoned people as part of a mission with the Nazarene Church of God. Mozambique is a place where malaria and other diseases run rampant, Pavlisko said. The people take baths in rivers that are also used for toilets.
Education is scarce.
Need is evident everywhere, Pavlisko said, but the people seem content in everything they do. She saw men humming in the fields while they worked and women singing with children draped around their backs while they cooked. The people greeted Pavlisko and the crew of church members with great excitement, she said. Church services were held everyday, along with recreation and other times for worship. Pavlisko used these opportunities to complete the four goals of her senior project.