Since being stationed in the town of Mindo for my service portion of SST, I’ve noticed a big cultural difference between U.S. Mennonites and Ecuadorian “Mindo-nites” – pun intended 🙂 approaches to life. There’s a palpable sense of serenity and…
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A Few Last Photos
May 25 2022
It’s hard to believe that three weeks have already passed. As students fly home from London to Chicago, it’s rewarding to think back over all we did, read, and experienced, much of which never made it into this blog. Here are a few last photos and captions, know that there are hundreds of more photos, journal entries, and memories out there, to be shared with friends and family at a later date. Thanks for a fantastic course!
The opening lines of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales (1400), on display in the city center during our day trip to Canterbury.
Notes by James Joyce used for writing Ulysses (1922).
James, 5, poses with some pelicans in St. James’s Park.
A group of students enjoys afternoon tea.
The view from Hampstead Heath of the London skyline.
Students tour the dining hall of Balliol College, Oxford, an inspiration for the great hall in Hogwarts.
The interior of Canterbury Cathedral, where we attended evensong and got a shout-out as “a group of students from Goshen College in Indiana.”
A copy of the Shakespeare “First Folio” (1623) on display at the British Library.
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A Day in the Life: Working on a Flower Farm
For my service, I work in Cayambe with an organization called FACE. Under FACE there are other organizations; Casa Hogar, Sumak, Centro Medico Emmanuel, and Forever Flowers. They work together to help break the cycle of abuse and neglect in…