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presents: co urtne y mos e s At Your Service Moses' heart for helping people BY STACY CLARDIE SClardie@GoldandBlack.com T he gestures aren't always grand. Sometimes, it's a note placed in a locker, offering encouragement. Sometimes, it's a text message, perfectly timed by virtue of intently listening and knowing when delivery would matter most. Sometimes, it's a grab of the laundry basket and a desperately needed load getting done when a roommate didn't have time. Sometimes, it's stopping by the Purdue basketball offices with the sole purpose of checking in on the coaches, to see how they're doing. Sometimes, it's pulling someone aside to ask a simple question — how are you? — and genuinely caring about the response. Sometimes, it's an offer of prayer or to lead a Bible study group. They're big in their simplicity, in their detail, purposeful actions made to matter when they don't to so many. But Courtney Moses is unlike many. "Just quality to another level," Purdue basketball coach Sharon Versyp says of her senior guard. "Integrity, honesty, character. I don't think I've ever met a better human being." Moses likely would blush at such a compliment — that's never been the intent behind her desire to see a need and meet it. The motivation to serve is simple but deeply rooted. "In (the book of) John, it talks about God being love and He first loved us so that's why we love. We're supposed to strive to be, even though we're never going to be, like Jesus," Moses said. "When He was on Earth, He served other people. It didn't matter what He was doing, He would drop what He was doing to help somebody else. "It's the same. It's not something I have to think about. It's just a natural instinct. When somebody needs something, I stop what I'm doing and help them out. 72 IllustrateD volume 24, issue 2 Tom Campbell Basketball has put Courtney Moses in the spotlight. It's a place she's used as a platform to share her faith and help others, a priority in her life. "People are the one thing that matters. Materialistic things, there's no sense in investing in them." So Moses hasn't wasted any time, focusing her energy on helping others. In any capacity, any place, any time. The Hitchhiker Courtney Moses knew not to do it. When she was driving back to Purdue's campus two f