Updates From:
Interns
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Hi friends and family! My first service project for SLAM camp was helping organize Catholic Charities food pantry. The task seemed simple at first, but soon our team was re-tasked, and re-tasked again. The nonprofit has suffered losses due to cut funds, and they…
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Serving on the SLAM students specifically as a member of the AV team has been pushing me to work as hard as I can and to choose joy. I don’t think that I struggle to push myself physically but I struggle when it comes…
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Over the past 2 days (including today), I’ve been at Horizon Apartments for SLAM. I’ve really enjoyed it, I was on a SLAM team I think 2 years ago where I was working a kids camp for the same place, and I got to…
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For the past two days I have been able to serve at Nashville Rescue Mission. In total we were able to help serve 450 people a meal. In addition to my fellow interns, there were 10 students and 2 leaders from their group who…
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The first two SLAM projects I got to do were at St. Luke’s, a hygiene and food pantry that gives away products to people who are struggling. It’s done in a more dignified way by setting up a grocery store look so that people…
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I just finished a service project with a group of middle school girls. We were cleaning out the underside of a deck, which was used as a storage for old wood. Well, it all rotted away, and we had to clean the whole shabang…
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Today I was stationed at a kids camp in the Paddock Apartments. During my time there helping to put on the kids camp I had a conversation with a very interesting man named Dave (name changed for privacy) who was 46 years old. Now,…
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Being an Intern for SLAM Nashville has been a completely different, new, and exciting experience. It still feels weird not being a SLAM kid, but growing into this new role has been wonderful and amazing, and I’m enjoying every moment of it. This week…
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We got to go and serve in an elderly apartment complex It was very humbling to be able to help those who weren’t able to help themselves. To serve others who can’t serve themselves. We also helped serve at a food pantry and in…
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Preparing for a school trip is simple you need supplies. Preparing to go around the world to serve Jesus is a whole different type of prep, as it takes all of your time, energy and effort. This isn’t a summer camp, and we aren’t…
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