By: Sydney Schutte Serving the Haywood Street congregation was incredible. This church has been paving the way for service and has been making strides in their community. Just on the day my group served the restaurant quality lunches, the church was full of people receiving haircuts, picking out new outfits from various donations, and enjoying fellowship around lunch tables. … [Read more...] about Six Things I Learned From Serving in the Community of Asheville
By: Estelle Cai I’m the only international student in our Asheville group, and I feel very lucky and to be here to go through these amazing things we have done together. My program supervisor at MSU strongly suggested our Chinese group to take part in this, which is so good to have him. For me, this trip means a lot different compared to my teammates. It’s not only … [Read more...] about Let Us Do Good Together
By: Emma Drace Community is always important. As a community we should include all types of people: working class, white collar, teachers, preachers, the wealthy, and the homeless. Asheville is a community that welcomes all types of people even when they may be different. This community sees the needs and fills them to the best of their ability. On each day, I tried to reflect … [Read more...] about The Change of This Generation
By: Michaela Halwachs Today we went to Haywood and at first it was kind of intimidating going somewhere new that I’ve never been before. Here we were to help serve a meal to the community in Asheville. Not only did we help serve the meal but we got to sit down and have a meal with the individuals who attended. They were so happy to see us there serving and they were all eager … [Read more...] about Haywood: Fellowship with the Community
By: Stephanie De La Cruz Today was our second day of service. We made our way to the YMCA at 8am. It was a quaint building that overlooked green open fields where a dog named Mowgli liked to play fetch. Next to the building was a sand playground, a chicken coop, a rock wall, and a garden. After orientation and introductions, my group and another group headed over to clean the … [Read more...] about Asheville Day Two: An Overview