by International Samaritan | Apr 28, 2023 | Weekend Reflections
Leer este blog en español ይህንን ብሎግ በአማርኛ ያንብቡ We invest in service immersion trips with our partners because they make global issues personal. It’s one thing to read that one out of ten people in the world live on less than $2 per day. It’s another thing to have a...
by International Samaritan | Apr 21, 2023 | Uncategorized, Weekend Reflections
Leer este blog en español ይህንን ብሎግ በአማርኛ ያንብቡ Coming out of the pandemic, we are working more closely with school and church partners committed to Learn, Serve, and Grow with our scholars in developing nations throughout the entire year. David’s reflection,...
by International Samaritan | Apr 14, 2023 | Uncategorized, Weekend Reflections
Leer este blog en español ይህንን ብሎግ በአማርኛ ያንብቡ How would your teachers have described you in the third grade? If you have children at home, ask them what three words their teacher would use to describe them. I would love to hear what they say. Before coming to...
by International Samaritan | Mar 30, 2023 | Uncategorized, Weekend Reflections
Leer este blog en español ይህንን ብሎግ በአማርኛ ያንብቡ “Seventy is the sum of our years, or eighty if we are strong” (Psalm 90:10). Honduran women on average live to be about 74. But what if you live near a garbage dump, where the life expectancy is only 35? Iris, the mother...
by International Samaritan | Mar 24, 2023 | Uncategorized, Weekend Reflections
Leer este blog en español ይህንን ብሎግ በአማርኛ ያንብቡ Twenty-two years ago, I was privileged to live and serve with Jesuit Volunteers in Tacna, Peru, teaching English and coaching basketball. The small city sits along an arid slope halfway between the Pacific Coast and the...
by International Samaritan | Mar 17, 2023 | Weekend Reflections
Leer este blog en español ይህንን ብሎግ በአማርኛ ያንብቡ When five-year-old Selam transferred to an elite Catholic school in the middle of her first-grade year, she found herself on the outside looking in. Her new classmates had attended school together since pre-school. They...
