We made it to O’hare, checked in, got through security, students are getting dinner, and we will be boarding our flight to London soon! Emma and Andrew are up for today’s blog, but we won’t have time to get it posted before we need to board. With the long layover we have in London tomorrow, …
Category Archives: Summer 2019
Zambia Here We Come!
For the third consecutive year, the SEED program is excited to send 12 student-athletes and two coaches to Zambia to partner with Poetice International. It is their mission, “to empower the church to fight for justice. Through transformational development, Poetice pursues physical and spiritual restoration for the widowed, the orphaned, the vulnerable, the exploited, the …
Uganda 2019
It’s coming! On Friday, August 9, we launch our SEED team to Uganda and we can’t wait to watch our student-athletes learn and grow. While in Uganda, the group will partner in the on-going work of Sports Outreach and distribute Sawyer water filters. The mission of Sports Outreach is, “to recruit, train, equip and deploy committed Christian leaders in …
Pura Vida!
After a long evening of games and laughter from the night before, we woke up this morning slightly tired but with full hearts. We packed our last few things and got organized for the long day of travel ahead of us. Everyone was very sad to be leaving the AMCA house. This place feels like …
Superman & Slides
This morning we had an early morning wake up call as we got on the road to head to the canopy tour at 6:30am. After a slight backtrack to get Jenna’s phone (oops), we ate buffet breakfast next door to the zip line place. There was a lot of nervous anticipation as we suited up …
Last Day of Service
This morning Reagan, Jack, and Emari awoke in their hammocks for the second morning in a row. They decided to stay the night in the new hammocks they bought instead of sleeping in the rustic huts that are now our dwellings. After a delicious breakfast of eggs, toast, and fruit, we departed for the school …
Spotting God & Cats
Our day was eventful from the get-go as Megan had a great morning wake-up from our new friend Spot the stray cat who wandered into the girl’s room last night and decided to cuddle with her feet. Nothing gets eight college girls up faster than screaming after finding unexpected friends. On the bright side, all …
It’s an “on” day!
It’s another one of those wonderful travel days! The day began around 8:30 a.m. and started off very normal. Like most days we headed off to Musmani, the local bakery. However, on the way, an elderly man stumbled across the street into the arms of the two nurses on the trip, our fearless leaders, Jon …
Zumba, Wal-Mart & A Haircut
As college students, we never thought we would be so excited to “sleep in” until 7:30 am… and yet that’s what we experienced as we had a later start to our first day without any clinics. After a delicious breakfast at the AMCA house, we went to a park called “Parque la Libertad” where we …
Peace, Love & Futbol
Well, once again, we awoke to the sound of birds…well some of us did. We also had another delicious breakfast at the bakery down the street. After eating our fill of Costa Rican carbs, we had an another engaging bus ride to our first destination of the day: another prison. We went there to play …