BY BETHANY KILPATRICK Editor-in-Chief Editor's note: Special thanks goes to Tarleton language instructor Janer Bell for her translation work during the course of writing this story.

Life...it is truly a beautiful thing given from a gracious God.

From the moment an infant is born to the last sunrise one will see, every person, regardless of race, background or gender, is given the same opportunity, and that opportunity is the ability to make an impact that will far outlast their days spent here on this Earth.