Updates From:
Trainees
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Each day of internship is intentionally planned out by our leaders to ensure we get an experience of a life time. With that, each day is different aside from running SLAM camps in Nashville, El Salvador, and East Africa. SLAM stands for Students Living…
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Wow, I think I used to be addicted to my phone, and now I think I’m addicted to not having it. Last year during internship I experienced my first ever “digital detox” and it was one of the highlights of my mental health on…
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On the bus ride out of El Salvador, I couldn’t stop the tears that rolled down my cheeks, and I didn’t want to. As we drove, all I could see were the faces of the youth who we served at our SLAM service camp.…
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This is my third summer traveling to Uganda, but this year my trip has started a little differently. In previous years, I’ve arrived at our ministry campus with a large group from GOD Int’l. This year, Lydia and I are on our second immersion…
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A moment that brought me joy during internship was a moment I had while in El Salvador. Our team had the opportunity to serve a community in an area called El Milagro. Milagro is a slum hidden behind some walls and shops. We entered…
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During our Students Living a Mission youth week in El Salvador, we had the opportunity to lead a group of 110 people—including leaders, Salvadoran youth, Salvadoran translators, and SI interns—into a slum community in Suchitoto called Milagro de Dios. This community is located next…
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A word that has kept resurfacing during this internship, not just in Nashville, has been “abide”. Leading up to this internship, I was reading, “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the…
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A scripture that has stuck with me since the beginning of Summer Internship comes out or 2 Corinthians 12.9-10, where Paul the Apostle shares about this thorn in his flesh and this thing that physically disables him. He then shares how God’s power has…
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In John 4, there is a moment where Jesus talks to the Samaritan women. If you know this story in the gospels, it’s a crucial moment that brings forth a lot of beautiful transformation. But, what sticks out to me a lot is what…
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A moment that brought me joy during internship was a moment I had while in El Salvador. Our team had the opportunity to serve a community in an area called El Milagro. Milagro is a slum hidden behind some walls and shops. We entered…
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