Grace Mendenhall of Columbia, South Carolina was the winner of a week of free vacation in Myrtle Beach at our drawing at the Youth Specialties National Youth Worker Convention, November 18.
Grace was one of many members who visited the NNYM display at NYWC in Dallas.
Grace and her husband have a unique youth ministry role. A Colorado native, she works at Columbia International University, where Kyle is the new head men's basketball coach.
Her day job at CIU helps feed her youth ministry habit: she coaches a club volleyball team of 13-year-old girls, as well as the volleyball team at a Christian school. She shared with us that the club team gives her the chance to reach out: "Most of my team does not attend church."
The week in Myrtle will be a perfect getaway for her and her family, most of whom still live in Colorado. As you can see in the photo, she was pretty excited to win.
Congratulations Grace!