“I believe as part of this body of Christ, we must have both
breathtakingly beautiful and crippling painful experiences and
interactions with those He has called us to love"
-Lisa White, Africa Inland Mission Namibia
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Lisa spent the summer in Namibia working with Africa Inland Mission for
six weeks. She was a recipient of the Parent’s Council grant. While in
Namibia, Lisa did some cultural/language training, worked at a preschool
for orphaned and vulnerable children, and worked in an after school program.
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I had to make myself vulnerable to people I had never met before which was difficult, but rewarding because I got to experience love in
completely different way"
-Rebecca Cover, Partners in Haiti
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Rebecca went to Haiti with Partners for Haiti for 7 weeks of her summer. She received the WCF grant to help cover some of her costs and did a variety of things in Haiti including some work in schools and in children's homes, learning a lot about herself and God's grace
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"I saw that one by one I was being broken down, only to be re-made and re-molded to be like him. I found new, more meaningful, dependence upon God. God revealed himself to me in a mighty way this summer and although these situations looks like trials,
they were blessings"
-Francesca Scalfaro, Africa Inland Mission Kenya
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Francesca spent seven weeks working with Africa Inland Mission in Kenya. She was a recipient of the Mulberry grant. Francesca worked in slum areas, in an orphanage and in primary and secondary schools. She was able to share the gospel of Jesus Christ through skits, personal testimonies, and paint boards to over 8,000 children.
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