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Our group has been studying in India for about a month and a half, and one of the most impactful experiences for me so far has been my encounter with India’s healthcare system. A few days after eating a questionable breakfast with some university students in Delhi, I woke up in the night with a…
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Since we arrived in Delhi, it had been hot, easily in the 90s each day. Thankfully, it cooled down when we reached Varanasi— because it brought the rain. But the drizzles and downpours that marked our time there didn’t stop us, and we ventured down shoulder-wide winding streets filled with holy cows, street dogs, and…
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Our group of thirteen arrived in Delhi late at night on September 2nd. Delhi was our home base for almost three weeks as we settled into new rhythms and routines. During our first week we spent time visiting museums, monuments and meeting some families. However, one of my favorite experiences was a Manipur folk dance…
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September 21, 2026 I am spending the semester abroad in India on an EMU intercultural studies program. We explore museums and monuments, learn about the fascinating history and culture, and eat a wide variety of amazing food so full of spices and flavor. I am learning a lot here, but what I did not expect…
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During our time in Guatemala we have learned a lot about the health care system. We visited several Clinics including Madre Cabrini dispensary, AMI clinic in San Juan Laguna, and Hospitalo Atitlan, and a hospital in Guatemala City. Health care is incredibly hard to access in Guatemala it’s often not affordable so places like the…
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There are some things that make up the experience of being in Guatemala. The amount of light that hits the country, the presence of clouds on most of the mountains, the amount of bugs, the ever present hummingbird and the confirmations that you’re in a volcanic region. – Liberty Powell
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This second blog marks our second stage in this 6-week journey. Reflections in this blog post are from our last week in Madrid…and now we are 5 days in on the Camino, which will be in the next blog! We finished our third week of Spanish classes and said goodbye to our host families. This time…
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Our first two weeks in Spain have been — you guessed it — a whirlwind! From our native Spanish speakers to our peers who have never taken a Spanish class, every one of us has had to adjust to this new country in expected and unexpected ways. For the first few jet-lagged days, we stayed…
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26 May 2025 The last several days we explored anabaptist history with pastor Emanuel Neufeld in Basel. The banner photo is our group at the Münster. Then we were off to the Swiss countryside, exploring remote farms where anabaptists sought precarious refuge after persecution drove them away from the cities. Lukas Amstutz, director of the…
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April 20-27 This week our group arrived in Tucson by plane on Monday and drove to the border towns of Douglas and Agua Prieta. We spent the week doing activities planned by the organization Frontera de Cristo. We started by visiting the border fence and learning the history that led to the fence that we…