Blogs

May 03 2025

There is no quick way to get to India from Indiana. We gathered bright and early at the Welcome Center to say goodbye to our friends and family. After announcements and Pastor Jen’s send-off, we clambered on the bus and...

May 03 2025

Blog by Isaac & Richard May 2, 2025 Day two in San Juan began around 10:00 am with a walk to Castillo San Cristóbal. Named after the patron saint of land travelers, Saint Christopher Castillo, San Cristóbal is a fortress...

May 03 2025

The students arrived Wednesday night and we made it to Casa de Espiritualidad, our retreat and orientation center by 2:00 a.m. It was a short night, but we were ready to go by 9:30 the next morning. Visiting the Historical...

May 02 2025

We left Goshen College Wednesday afternoon and settled in at Camp Friedenswald, our new home and host for the first half of May Term. Our group of eight students and two leaders have already experienced anticipation and disappointment together before...

May 02 2025

Blog by Isaac & Richard May 2, 2025 Day two in San Juan began around 10:00 am with a walk to Castillo San Cristóbal. Named after the patron saint of land travelers, Saint Christopher Castillo, San Cristóbal is a fortress…

May 01 2025

Today’s blog is from the perspective of two of our SST adventurers: Ava and Kelsie. May 1st 2025   The first major activity our class did today was visit Castillo San del Morro. This was a very fun experience for...

Apr 30 2025

Welcome to our 2025 blog for the May term SST course “Environmental Disaster and Response with MDS”! Each year this course partners with Mennonite Disaster Service to explore first-hand the direct impact of environmental disaster on a local community, with...

Apr 29 2025

Welcome to our blog about our experience in Puerto Rico, where our focus is on Hispanic Identities and Resilience. Over the next three weeks, you will hear from students about la brega in Puerto Rico. Brega and bregar are distinctly Puerto Rican words that mean to...

Apr 29 2025

Last weekend, I had the privilege of making my final speech to our 2025 graduating class of seniors at our baccalaureate service, for which they chose the theme of joy. Here are a few of the thoughts I shared with…

Apr 23 2025

It hardly seems possible, but our semester in Tanzania has come to an end. After coming back to Dar es Salaam from Zanzibar our group had a little over 24 hours to rest, repack, visit host families one last time,...

Apr 14 2025

The service portion of our semester came to an end with everyone returning to the Anglican Guesthouse in Musoma, where a month and a half earlier everyone had departed to their various service placements. Reuniting the group was full of...

Apr 09 2025

I am asking myself, in this moment of alarming and rapid change, “what is it that I need to be learning?”

Apr 07 2025

The following blog post is brought to you by Griffin. It’s the last week of service! At the time of writing there’s two days of service left before we pack up and head to Zanzibar. Service has been such a...

Mar 29 2025

The following blog post is brought to you by Emma. Welcome to Musoma! This is week 4 of service for all of us, so we have finally somewhat found our footing in this new place. There are three students living...

Mar 23 2025

The following blog post is brought to you by Simon Karibuni na Shirati! Welcome to Shirati! And welcome to our time of service. On February 25th, we all dispersed to our different service locations all throughout the Mara region. I...

Mar 17 2025

The following blog post is brought to you by Vaughn. After our day of exploring Arusha, it was finally time for our safari to be underway! We started the morning by eating breakfast, and packing all of our things into...

Mar 08 2025

The following blog post is brought to you by Madelynn. Our final week in Dar es Salaam was marked by a bittersweet series of “lasts.” The last Kiswahili class, the last lunch at Nyambani Goshen, and the last day spent...

Mar 05 2025

The following blog post is brought to you by Jacob. Day-to-day life in Tanzania is much different than in the United States. As I write this blog post, I am sitting outside my house in front of a small patch...

Mar 02 2025

Are you needing some hope right now? I have come to understand that hope is not only, or even primarily, a feeling. It is a practice. It requires muscles. Here are three strong practices of hope.

Feb 26 2025

During the annual spring break choir tour this year, Vox Profundi, our low voice choir, went on tour visiting four states -- Florida, Georgia, Ohio and Indiana -- with performances focused on their theme of “Let all the World in…

Feb 17 2025

We are writing jointly, as a Mennonite pastor and college president, to explain and support a recent lawsuit filed to protect our religious freedom to practice our faith in the sanctuary on this campus.

Feb 14 2025

The following blog post is brought to you by Caleb. This past week we spent two days with the Aqua-Farms Organization, AFO. It was a great time! After our Thursday morning Swahili classes, several AFO representatives came to introduce their...

Feb 10 2025

The following blog post is brought to you by Jordan. This past week came with many great days and moments. In this blog I will tell you about this past Wednesday which happened to be Simon’s 20th birthday. The day...

Feb 05 2025

It’s been a while since we last posted (our apologies). Our schedule has been very hectic and it’s high time we fill you in. We hope you enjoy getting caught up on our adventure with the following photos. Karibuni.  ...