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By Hillary Harder Leading the Environmental Disaster and Response with MDS course in Selma, Alabama this month has been nothing short of transformative. As I reflect back over the three weeks of our travel, living, learning, working, fellowshipping, and processing…
By Aysia Adkins As we come back and re-enter our lives which we left on May 1st, I’m filled with many impactful memories that have accumulated in just 20 days. It sort of doesn’t feel right to jump back into…
As evening rain fell with a cold May wind, we gathered our belongings, stepped off the bus, and exchanged warm hugs and sad goodbyes. Though our journey together has come to an end, the connections we formed through this shared…
By Lexie Coburn On May 20 we got home from our closing retreat at Camp Nacome in Tennessee where we reflected and processed our shared experiences and individual experiences we had in Selma, Alabama. Who would have thought 13 people…
By Jill Yoder, junior environmental & marine science major On May 16, a warm and sunny day, our class returned to Peehkahkionki, “the beautiful place,” where we had visited about two weeks earlier. This time, we met Dani Tippmann, who…
By Jazmin Ibarra Today is May 19th, I am sitting in a community lodge in Camp NaCoMe in Tennessee for our SST closing retreat, reflecting on my experiences and my encounters in Selma. Where can I even start? Before this…
By Mafe Aguilar Vargas, graphic design and marketing majors Beginning on May 7, we spent two days with the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi and camped one night at their campground. Our first day consisted of hearing about the tribe…
By Aaliah Higereda, junior graphic design major and communication minor After lodging at the Chain of Lakes and settling into our last location, Rieth village, located at the Merry Lea Environmental Center in Wolf Lake, Indiana, our group loaded onto…
By Crystal Edson, senior environmental & marine science major and sustainability minor, and member of the Local Indigenous Cultures and Perspectives May Term course. On May 3, our class traveled to the northwest side of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and had…
Fernando Daza shares about his experience exploring Chief Richardville House, a Historical Myaamia (Miami) treaty house in Fort Wayne, Indiana. On a surprisingly chilly May morning, our class boarded the iconic Goshen College bus at Camp Friedenswald, our home for…
On Tuesday, we had the opportunity to listen to and interact with Luke Gascho, who retired in 2019 after spending 22 years as the executive director of Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center. He currently runs a fruit, nut, and berry…
Wendy Hernandez, junior nursing major, shares about being a part of a traditional indigenous longhouse ceremony and a tour of Pokagon Health Services with the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. After a rather chilly night of camping at the Pokagon Campgrounds,…
On Saturday, our class toured the British Museum, one of the largest museums in the world. We started by looking at the (real!) Rosetta Stone, then branched off for our own exploration of the massive collection. We were struck by…
By Jacob Dixon My experience working with a crew of people that exert their best effort to make sure that other people are being cared for, has been one of the most fulfilling things that I have done all year.…
Today was our final day with our host families! We started off the day going to church, and a small group of us sang La Paz de la Tierra (The Peace of the Earth) for the congregation. At lunch, the…
17 May 2025 Written by Henry Meyer Hey, quick note. There is a blog in English, and one in Spanish. This is the English one. Si quieres leer el blog en español, selecciona la versión con el título en español.…
17 Mayo 2025 Escrito por Henry Meyer Hola, wepa, una notita. Hay un blog en español y uno en inglés. Este es el blog en español. If you want to read the English version, click on the blog with the…
This morning we’re heading out for a week of trekking in the inner Himalaya. We’ll be experiencing a bit of life in mountain villages, and trekking from temperate forests into sub-alpine and even alpine ecosystems. Our elevation will range from…
This afternoon we returned from our week long trek higher in the Himalayas. What a trip that turned out to be! Our hike took us from the beautiful village of Agora up to Dodital, a small lake high in the...
By Elise Jantz Pistols crack. The scent of gunpowder floats through the air. Scarlet blood spurts out to stain our fearless leader, Professor Solomia Soroka, and we stand witness as Romeo murders Paris, then himself. Welcome to the Verona of…
By Maggie Lapp On Thursday the group took a day trip to Oxford. As the self proclaimed biggest fan of the Harry Potter series, (though not the author of the books,) I was excited to visit the campus that inspired…
By Lily Herrera The one word I want to use to describe today and for the past few days is fulfilling. This morning, May 15, I gave a devotion in front of the Mennonite Disaster Service year long volunteers and…
Today was a recreational day with host families. While some students went to Los Chorritos de Villalba, the students from El Barrio de la Plata went to La Playa Escambrón in San Juan. It was a day of rest and…
Camila Pérez-Diener The day started off at 9 am at Betania, a private Mennonite school right outside of Aibonito Puerto Rico. We were planning to do some work around the school that was intended to be done on Monday, but…
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