°µÍø±¬ÁÏapp Magazine Summer Adventures
The student group Emmaus Road is sending five teams of °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp students overseas this summer to participate in short-term service projects. This longstanding practice has a new element this year: team blogs. To read about the experiences of these students, go the °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp Web site (www.westmont.edu), click on Current Students, then on Emmaus Road (on the right) and on Team Blogs. Or go to: blogs.westmont.edu/emmaus_road/.
Guatemala: This team of nine works and serves with Don Solomon and Dona Mera Hernandez and °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp alumnus Jovanni Tricerri at the °µÍø±¬ÁÏapp-Bethel Hospital (www.westmontbethel.org) and in the village of Uspantan to meet physical needs.
Indonesia: Students assist long-term workers and local believers to build relationships with the Indonesian people. Eight students stay in homes and join in community development efforts.
Russia: A team of eight works with Children’s Hope Chest in Kostroma, Russia, as staff for a summer camp that provides training for orphans (ages 15-20s). They will support the local staff in preparing and helping American groups serving at the camp as well as being camp counselors. The Web site is www.gospelcom.net/chc.
Rwanda: With a commitment to continued education about the AIDS pandemic in Africa, a team of six does field and administrative work in Rwanda with YWCA staff. They assist the NGO in activities such as computer training, home visits to families, a soccer camp and tutoring orphans. They also learn about the 1994 genocide and its impact on people as they serve at the Imbambazi Orphanage. The Web site is www.worldywca.org/aids.
Tanzania: After a semester in Tanzania, the team leader wanted to bring a group of her peers to experience the nation and its people. Seven students assist long-term workers through Grace Ministries International. They support longstanding projects and ministries such as AWANA and a summer camp for youth. Their Web site is www.gracem.org/GMItanzania.html.
