Marhaba, everyone! Hello from Beit Sahour, Palestine, where the group will be staying for the next two and a half weeks.聽 Our time in Beit Sahour will be spent touring Palestine, studying Arabic, listening to lectures from professors at Bethlehem University College, and interacting with our host families.聽 Lucas and I are staying with Adeeb,....
Trusting God in Guatemala
During my time in Guatemala, I certainly have felt the presence of God. I feel so vulnerable living in a large city where I don’t know the language, 聽and living in a country that has more violence and danger than I knew before coming. Yet God has given me a sense of peace and protection,....
Tourism – Consumerism
Chichicastenango: a tourist trap, but a necessary trap.聽 On Friday night a group of us, Brent, Allison, Stacy, and me, just to name a few were walking down the streets of Chichi when an indigenous woman, Manuela, and her daughter, Elena, invited us to her house.聽 So being the ignorant people we were we went....
First reports from Egypt and Jordan
It鈥檚 not too often that in the span of 12 hours one is blessed with the opportunity to watch the sunrise and sunset on top of the roofs at Anafora Retreat Center in Egypt! Meals lit by candle light, learning sessions lead by a Bishop of the Coptic Church, evening prayer illuminated by candle light,....
Guatemala – an amazing experience
It’s crazy to think that I have been in Guatemala for a week. For it seems like just yesterday I was saying goodbye to all my friends and family, boarding the bus and getting on the plane to spend my semester in Guatemala and Mexico. My time here has definitely been a different experience, but....
First report from Guatemala
Oh my goodness, I’m in Guatemala. 聽CRAZY. 聽I don’t know where to begin. 聽Get a hold of yourself, Brent. 聽Okay, here we go. We spent our first night in Guatemala at CASAS, the school where we’ll be studying. The next day (Friday the 15th) we met our host families. 聽It was probably one of the....
Safe arrival in Guatemala
Yesterday we arrived safely in Guatemala. We are tired, but in great spirits. We are enjoying the warm weather!
Reports from Cape Town, South Africa
The excitement and array of things to do in Cape Town has kept the 27 of us busy exploring and enjoying every minute of these past few weeks in South Africa. We’ve ventured out into open air markets, traveled along the coastal peninsula to beaches and a penguin colony, hiked the overlooking Table Mountain, met....
The jump, free travel, and Cape Town
Moving into our final homestay in Cape Town has been quite an experience. We have now gone from having no electricity, running water and connection to the rest of the world to having absolutely all of that and more than we possibly need. It has without a doubt been a cultural shock for us. We....
Reports from South Africa
Our first church experience in Lesotho was probably the most memorable. We were to be sitting through 1.5 hours of a four hour service. We all met together and walked through town to the outskirts of the village to a small rectangular hut on the side of the mountain. All 24 students and 3 leaders....