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The group learned among other things, they could help make life better in one remote African village.

This week they spoke about their 16-day trip to their school community.

"I was 'mzungu' or white person. That was really something special to them,” said Charles Finney sophomore Michael Carpenter. “Every time we went to a church or a school they immediately saw us and welcomed us with dancing and singing and excitement. That really surprised me because I didn't think I was anything special."

"The people there have almost nothing,” continued Carpenter. “I came home to a full wardrobe, closets full of food, and great friends. Definitely, be grateful for everything you have."

The school worked with the Ugandan Water Project and raised funds to purchase two rainwater collection tanks. Safe, clean water is now available for up to 150 families.

"Pictures can tell 1,000 words but they can’t tell you what it was like to be there and what it felt like to get off the plane and feel the heat hit you,” said Suzannah Lake, Charles Finney junior. “It's indescribable."

Some in this group have never been outside the United States and all agree that this journey changed their world and their expectations.

"It changes everything. It changes how I look at my family and my school and my life,” explained Lake. “I value community more than I value material things now."

Suzannah said she would like to become a nurse, travel to all corners of the globe, and help others; a decision helped along by a one chance encounter in Uganda.

"I had a little girl who I met in this school who never said a word, never talked to me, wouldn't talk at all,” said Lake. “I picked her up and for the rest of the day she would cling to me. When I was saying goodbye she was behind the bus and she waved. She never said a word but I’m never going to forget her. If I could go back just to see her I would."