So I decided to revive my blog in order to document some of my summer experiences. This summer I am living in New York City in on-campus housing, interning 30 hours a week at the New York State Division of Human Rights at the Brooklyn regional office. I received a grant from the awesome Career Development office in order to make it possible for me ( Read more... )

It is 4:00 in the morning. Raissa and I are leaving in one hour to catch our 7:00 flight out of New Orleans to New York City. It has been a crazy last day to say the least. Today we went on a canoeing field trip and it was so much fun :) All of the big kids and some of the staff canoed through the bayou, which eventually brought us to Lake ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a pretty rough day, and I felt really homesick. I felt lost, out of place, passionless, and I didn't feel like myself. I felt very negative and I wasn't letting in the Holy Spirit. Although I was focusing on God, I wasn't prayerfully letting Him in and really allowing Him to work through the little everday problems that come about. ( Read more... )

I'm in New Orleans! I'm experiencing a lot of firsts lately: first plane ride alone, first time in the south, first time in another time zone, first time on a missions trip, and more. This past week I was in Stony Point, NY with 8 other interns from all around the United States. We had 5 days of training with staff members of the General Board of ( Read more... )