Lauren Daugherty

Home town and state: Elsah, IL

Major/Minor: Double major in Political Science and Global Studies, minor in Religion. 

What topic pertaining to the Holy Land are you researching?

Stateless Palestinians

What idea have you found inspiring as you’ve prepared for the abroad and/or prayed for the Middle East?

The idea that security is not a physical place but a state of consciousness. 

What biblical character or site would you want to be or do you feel you are like?

I would want to be Job because of his strength. 

What is the place or activity you are most looking forward to on the abroad?

I’m most looking forward to Jerusalem because of all of the religions that come together in one city.