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use students work on drilling a well in a Haitian village. The students dug the well in four days, a feat that many said was impossible. This year, USC’s FCA is sending 42 students to Haiti during spring break. PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK Haiti Safety is a concern for the trip, and students are required to get CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 several shots, including shots for malaria, hepatitis and tetanus. through FCA. Church said that last year a girl “It’s very different to go to a contracted a parasite and that Third World country,” she said. “It’s just ab solute culture shock to go into a place that is poverty-stricken and to see that people just south of Florida basical ly live in just hor rible conditions.” Haiti is the “It’s just absolute culture shock to go into a place that is poverty stricken and to see that people just south of Florida basically live in just horrible conditions.” AMANDA PEPPER SECOND-YEAR BUSINESS STUDENT they are tak ing health precautions before this trip. For Pepper, the trip will be a different ex perience than last year be cause of her leadership role. .poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with the unemployment rate at 70 per cent and the average annual in come at $250. Church said the en vironment poses a challenge to the students, who leave their dorm rooms behind to sleep in mud huts for a week. “In some ways, it’s a pretty ex treme kind of trip,” said Church. “This is the trenches of evangelism.” “This year there are five of us on leadership, and I have 10 girls that I am in charge of this year,” Pepper said. “My job is going to be helping these girls to have as amazing a trip as I has last year. It’s like a ministry inside a ministry.” Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockudesk@hotmail.com WsWftmi n USC's Largest and Closest Vera Bradley Boutique We Now Have The Petal Power Collection Trunk Show