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MacKenzie Keune has faced many challenges including a foot injury that kept her from running for over a year and her father suffering a near-fatal motorcycle accident, but she has persevered through faith and support from her loving family and community.

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Kenzie Keune Article

MacKenzie Keune has faced many challenges including a foot injury that kept her from running for over a year and her father suffering a near-fatal motorcycle accident, but she has persevered through faith and support from her loving family and community.

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MacKenzie Keune: growing through trials

Written by Kaylee Keogh

SIOUX RAPIDS, IA - MacKenzie (Kenzie) Keune continually


keeps a smile on her face, but through her cheerful glow lies a
girl who has gone and grown through many trials.

Looking back on her life, Keune has come to appreciate the


supportive and loving home her parents provided for her.
“My dad was always so positive and cheerful, and my mom
was always proud of me for whatever I did,” said Keune. Her
father, Arden, and her mother, B.B., not only granted their
daughter with the gift of their kindness, but they also treated
her friends as if they were their own. Seeing her parents act this way with her friends was such
a blessing because she truly got to experience their selflessness.

At her sporting events, they were always her number one cheerleaders. They are her
inspirations for pursuing her sporting career and encouraged her to continually use those
talents by participating in track and volleyball in college. She suffered a foot injury of her own,
with a recovery that lasted over a year. She was extremely upset when this happened, as the
felt like she “lost a piece of herself.” Keune has been working on gaining that back, as well as
growing in relationship with God. Currently, in her junior year at Northwestern, she is finally
able to get back into running and is participating in track during the indoor and outdoor
seasons.

Perseverance has not only been a prominent act during the time of her injury, but has been
relevant since August 3, 2015, when her father was involved in an almost fatal motorcycle
accident. Keune was at a volleyball camp at the time and felt a ping in her heart. Moments
later, she got a call that her father was in a horrifying crash. She had immediate support from
her friends and family. After her father went through such a terrifying accident, followed by the
recovery he had, Keune was able to recognize how minor her problems were in comparison to
what others may go through. This mentality pushed her through her own recovery, as well as
her deepening faith with God. She has always had a relationship with God, though at the time
of her dad’s accident, she became angry and asked, “Why would you do this to the one man
who always supports you and has such a strong faith?”
This anger that she felt, at both God and the drunk and high man who crashed into her father,
turned into a hope that was sparked by the love shown in their community. “Prayer is what
saved my dad,” said Kenzie.

Through thick and thin, the bond between the Keune family has stayed strong through pain,
frustration and anger. As for her, she wants to demonstrate the love of her parents unto others
as she goes into her future, and she longs for people to see her as that, not just Kenzie Keune.

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