Two seniors at Puget Sound Adventist Academy, Stefan Danilov and Mina Mirmotahari, were chosen from a national casting call to be the new faces for EF Tours.
"Being in front of cameras and jet-setting the globe was just a dream that seemed far from reality," says Danilov.
Danilov learned about the travel opportunity from an EF Tours email. Having nothing to lose, he recorded a short video explaining why he deserved to be chosen.
A couple months later, EF Tours informed Danilov he had made the top 30 list of students. Through multiple interviews via Skype, Danilov and Mirmotahari were invited to tour Europe, all expenses paid, with the educational touring company.
They met three other students chosen for the trip when they arrived in Prague, Czech Republic, along with photographers, a videographer and public relations staff from EF Tours who recorded and photographed the students' every move for two weeks.
"We ate pretzels in Prague, würste in Germany and fondue in Switzerland," says Danilov. "We stayed in nice hotels and visited all the must-see attractions. Everything was, well, just surreal."
The last night, the five students shared their religious views and PSAA students were able to witness and share about Adventists. "The great thing," says Danilov," was that we all share one thing in common: we all believe in the same God."
Read Danilov's firsthand account at washingtonconference.org.
Stefan Danilov
Mina Mirmotahari
Five students, including two Puget Sound Adventist Academy students, were guests of EF Tours in Europe last summer.
Stefan Danilov, PSAA senior, travels through Europe with EF Tours. Danilov heard about an EF Tours casting call and created a multimedia application including his classmate Mina Mirmotahari. Both students were invited to join three other students for the all-expenses-paid trip.
Puget Sound Adventist Academy students and three other students visit tourist sites in the Czech Republic, Germany and Switzerland as guests of EF Tours for two weeks.
EF Tour photographers and videographers document the experiences of five high school students in Europe. Stefan Danilov and Mina Mirmotahari (far right), two Puget Sound Adventist Academy students involved in this trip, found opportunities to share their faith.
