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We finished our first week of work at La Posada. With our group of 11 people, we were able to finish two sides of the fencing project that surrounds the perimeter of La...
Today we traveled with Keys Marine Laboratory personnel (Captain Bill and Captain Emily) to three nearby reef locations: Coffin Patch reef, the Elbow reef, and Volcano reef. There were many creatures to observe in each reef. We saw many hard...
We did some traveling today and had plenty of exciting activities to keep us occupied, with even more planned for tomorrow! We started the day with a trip to the Sea Turtle Hospital and got the chance to meet over...
Today our group explored a Puerto Rican community on the North side of Chicago, in Humboldt Park. Here we heard first-hand account and personal testimonies regarding how this community came to be and how they hold on to their...
The first week of class are already behind us! Wow, we’ve already covered a lot of ground and feels good to start to settle in and find a new routine between classes and host families. Here is a glimpse of...
On our second day exploring the city, we visited Devon Avenue which is located in Northwestern Chicago. Upon arriving we felt as if we had entered a new world. Despite no evident geographical divide, it was clear that we entered...
Yesterday morning’s task included learning everything we need to know about trekking in the Himalaya. A list was provided about what we all needed to have accessible in our hiking packs, and to take note of what each person still...
Hoy fue un día lleno de oportunidades y experiencias únicas para nuestro grupo que estudia en el valle del río Grande. Trabajamos en la Posada durante aproximadamente la mitad del día, dividiéndonos en dos grupos, la mitad de nosotros continuamos...
Mi mañana comenzó antes de que saliera el sol. A las 5:00 a. m., dos de nosotros, los estudiantes, estábamos presentes en la cocina para ayudar a Connie, una voluntaria de MDS (Mennonite Disaster Service/el servicio menonita de desastres), a...
When Ethnicity Gets Soggy (From left to right) Hey I’m Irish Cortez! I’m a second year theater major – I’m April Pollock, and I’m a third-year music major -And I’m Lydia Stauffer, a second year history major! Today was our...
Today was a cool, very windy day. We started our day with lecture at 8:00am where we learned about trophic cascades. Trophic cascades can occur in the marine system when top predators are lost, often due to overfishing. The loss...
Today was full of unique opportunities and experiences for our group studying in the Rio Grande Valley. We worked at La Posada for about half of the day today, splitting up into two groups one half of us continued to...
One of the poets we’re reading for this course, Daljit Nagra, refers to the British Museum as “a fragment of varnished Britannica,” one piece of a larger ideal of Britishness. Today we explored the British Museum, marveling at its hoard...
We are so thankful for cooler temperatures up here at 7,000 feet, where the Hanifl Center lies. The Hanifl Center is the environmental learning center associated with Woodstock International Boarding School here in Mussoorie, Utterakhand, India. On Wednesday, May 11,...
My morning started off bright and early. By 5:00 a.m., two of us students were in the kitchen to help Connie, an MDS volunteer, prepare breakfast. During our time here, every student gets an opportunity to spend a day (or...
Hoy fue nuestro primer día trabajando en la Posada en San Benito, Texas. Como dice en su sitio web, la Posada “es un refugio de emergencia para hombres, mujeres y familias que huyen a los Estados Unidos debido a la...
For me London and, in general, the continent of Europe has always been known for its sense of fashion and the importance of public appearances for the citizens of all these countries. Today, I visited a shopping center called “One...
As all mornings here do, mine started out with a Pret run and a “white” Earl Gray. (It turns out that if you ask for an Earl Gray “with milk,” they’ll put the milk in a separate cup, and that’s...
Dos de las experiencias más memorables que he tenido hasta el momento en el valle del río Grande de Texas fueron tener la oportunidad de ayudar a la hermana Thérèse Cunningham con sus clases de ESL (Inglés como segunda lengua,...
Two of the most memorable experiences I have had while living in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas were having the opportunity to assist Sister Thérèse Cunningham with ESL lessons at La Posada Providencia and learning from retired public defender...
On the evening of May 6, a Friday night, fifteen Goshen College students flew into Blaise Diagne International Airport. The airport is 45 kilometers east of Dakar and some 25 kilometers from Thiès where the Goshen College Senegal program is...
Yesterday we visited the Museum of London. The museum was divided into sections based on the early times of London to the present. Despite there being many important time events in London’s history, I was more drawn to the evolution...
Today was another full day of learning and experiencing the amazing marine ecosystem. We woke up for an 8 am lecture on positive interactions in the marine system. These are important relationships where at least one organism in the relationship...
In early April, the Yoder Lind family returned to Senegal. We came early to prepare for this summer’s Goshen College semester of global engagement in the land of Teranga –a Wolof word roughly translated as hospitality but with shades of...
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