2020

Lael Lemire ’16 first heard about the horrors of human trafficking at Moody’s annual missions conference her sophomore year. “I felt God calling me to minister to people in those situations, working in aftercare with women and children who’d been trafficked,” she says.

It’s been 75 years since Moody alumnus Ronald Gray ’40–’42 was killed in action in World War II. His twin brother, Donald Gray, is now 102 years old and decided to do something special—create a Moody scholarship—to honor Ronald’s life and legacy of ministering the gospel.

Students and parents were wearing face coverings while moving into the residence halls, then came the quick goodbyes and maybe a few hugs amidst all of the social distancing.

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Jessie and Olivia Ruzic graduated from Moody and were busy in urban ministry when their second son came along. Like good Moody graduates, they named him Archer—no kidding—after the famous campus landmark. Then came the hard times, followed by great lessons and and answered prayer.