November 15th, 2008. Weekly reflection. I feel like this past week I have heard a lot more of people’s stories at my work site, Chicago Christian Industrial League, and in my neighborhood. At CCIL, during a conversation with a resident there, I found myself distracted with the thoughts: “How am I not aware?? How was I never aware!” But really, how did I stay asleep, so deep in my slumber, not even a bit disturbed by the harsh realities that …
Mission Year is coming close and just around the corner for me. I just got back from an international mission to the Dominican Republic and constantly was humming the lyrics, “Lord prepare me to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true. With thanksgiving, I’ll be a living, sanctuary, for You.” Right now, I definitely am being prepared. God has brought things, mostly sin, to my attention that I did not want to deal with before and did not …
Hi! My name is Kristin (Kal to my friends here) and am so excited to start MY in September. I haven’t found out what city I will be working in yet but hopefully should find out soon. I absolutely love the innercity. I’m from Minnesota and I’m quite often in Minneapolis. It was several months ago when I started going to a homeless ministry my friend was involved in that I discovered that this was such a huge passion God …
