Choices Every single day on this Earth, billions of people make a choice—many of them, actually. Some choices require more effort to make and some can certainly be the spur-of-the-moment type. Some of these choices can be life-altering, too. I'm here to talk about a series of choices I began to make around a year and a half ago that began with my decision to apply to go on a … [Read more...] about Taking a Leap of Faith to Make a Simple Difference
Hard to believe that this awesome Colorado immersion trip has been completed for a while. We were all fired up about serving in Aurora, Colorado, but I know it went by so fast! I kept drifting away almost the whole day after this adventure ended, maybe hasn’t ended yet:-P We had an immeasurable amount of memories in colorful Colorado. Thank you so much for being such amazing … [Read more...] about ROARing to serve in AuROARa, Colorado! – Yawei Yang
Last week I had the incredible opportunity to volunteer with a Bear Breaks trip to Aurora, Colorado. On this trip, we volunteered at Children’s Hospital Colorado. When we took a tour of the facility, I was so impressed by all of the initiatives the hospital has made to support the families that need them. Free massages for stressed families, a “creative play” room for siblings … [Read more...] about Bear Breaks in Colorado–Rachel McGrath
Our last day serving at the Children’s hospital was so rewarding. My group took arts and crafts to the 4 outpatient clinic floors (emphasis in cardiac, neuropsychology, kidney, etc.). We made hippos and turkeys and the kids all did so well. Eventually we split up and took different floors. As soon as that happened it felt like it was nonstop until noon. I had to make three … [Read more...] about Last day serving in Colorado! — Michaela Fisher
The last four days have been full of new experiences! Vogel Alcove has one of the best missions I have ever heard of. In preparation for this trip, our group discussed how important it was to understand the people we were serving were not broken. Our group was not going to 'fix' any issue. Instead, we were providing support and resources to those who needed it. Vogel Alcove's … [Read more...] about Dallas Day Four