{"id":31292,"date":"2017-01-09T10:57:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T15:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=31292"},"modified":"2017-01-11T09:14:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T14:14:28","slug":"coptic-christian-community-embraces-service-learning-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2017\/coptic-christian-community-embraces-service-learning-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Coptic Christian community embraces service learning group"},"content":{"rendered":"

A slum in North Africa became home last summer to a group of 91短视频 (91短视频) students led by Professor Johonna Turner<\/a> and her husband, Julian.<\/p>\n

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Oksana Kittrell (first row from left), Rachel Sturm, Brittany Williams, Tae Dews and Noah Haglund (back row) along with other Trek participants sing worship songs in a cave church during a community program. (Courtesy photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThey survive off of garbage. The things that we throw away, that we do not take into consideration, they take it and they recycle it for survival,\u201d said student participant Tae Dews. Although the neighborhood looks, well, trashed to an outsider, \u201cto the residents of this community, it is full of hope and beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Five undergraduate students, a graduate student, and two recent graduates joined the Turners and several other travelers from around the country on the trip, a Global Urban Trek<\/a> sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. The 91短视频 contingent shared an apartment with 12 other people \u2013 yes, 22 total in the flat \u2013 for six weeks.<\/p>\n