By Hillary Harder On Sunday, July 26, our students returned to Quito from their service communities and we began our final retreat together! The afternoon was full of joyful reunions as each student arrived at our Quito home, la Casa…
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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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Study AbroadService visits: opportunities for connection in Ecuador’s “provincias”
By Hillary Harder During the Service term, leaders have the privilege of traveling to visit each student at the home and volunteer assignment where they are spending their time during the second half of SST. For us, that meant traveling…