This is the second in a series of posts from Student.Go interns serving alongside field personnel and partners in being the presence of Christ to communities across the globe over the summer months. This post is from Elizabeth Stewart, a student at Virginia Tech, who is serving at Myungsung Christian Medical Center in Addis Ababa, … Continue reading
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Student.Go in Brooklyn
Over the next few weeks, CBF will feature blog posts from Student.Go interns serving across the country and globe. The first installment is from Anna Holladay. Anna is serving as Assistant Director of CLUE (Children Living the Urban Experience) Camps, a ministry partnership between Metro Baptist Church and Greater Restoration Baptist Church. CLUE Camp is … Continue reading
PermaNet Memories
The Student.Go Uganda team has been BUSY over the last few weeks and was without access to communication (and occasionally without power and water) until just the last several days. With just under a week remaining, our team will try and catch you up on our adventures over our remaining time in Uganda as well … Continue reading
Uganda: History and Culture
Part of global missions is learning about the culture and history of the people in whose country you are living or visiting. This morning, we had the opportunity to visit the Kasubi tombs, the tombs of the four most recent past kings of Buganda. Buganda is the region of Uganda where Kampala is found. Our … Continue reading
Safe in The Pearl
The Uganda Student.Go Team has made it safely to Kampala! We finished up Orientation with Refuge & Hope International here in Kampala today, hammering out culutural do’s and don’ts (believe it or not Americans can be culturally insensitive sometimes) as well as the itinerary for the three weeks we will be in the country. The … Continue reading
Who is a Roma in your community?
The first day of school is both exciting and terrifying. It is the first day that you strap on new Spiderman backpack. It is the first day that you get to crack open the Shamu Trapper Keeper. It is also the first day that you must meet a group of strange people that you will … Continue reading
Skyward
Their little arms were raised in the air. They wanted nothing more than to be held by us. They pulled at our pant legs if we did not see them below us. They cried out wanting to be lifted up to touch the mobiles hanging from the ceilings. They were reaching skyward for love. We … Continue reading
So you think YOU can dance?
She is displaced in Kampala, lost her husband to AIDS, has HIV herself, and takes care of 15 kids. Despite all of this, she is dancing and singing “I’m so glad that Jesus set me free” while making necklaces from paper strips. This is the story of just one of the women at the widow’s … Continue reading
“I’ll just have water”
Just water for a month? Are you kidding me?!! This may seem absurd, but I have decided to fast from all liquids apart from water (except on Sabbath) for the Lenten season. Why? To raise awareness in my own life and the lives of those around me about the need for safe drinking water around … Continue reading
Party MDG Style
Hello All! We are safe in New York City and have internet access again. So here’s to catching everyone up on our doings in Uganda! Last Friday the team had the opportunity to visit several different locations focused on the MDGs led by several Ugandan church leaders. Let me say that our first stop was anything but … Continue reading
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