On Wednesday of our last week in Lima, we had our own version of Match Day, when each SSTer learned where they would be going for service, what they would be doing, and who their new host family would be....
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Speech about migrant farm workers wins this year’s peace oratorical contest
Jair Hernandez, a Goshen College sophomore, said that "Migrant farm workers really are the invisible backbone of the American agricultural system," during his speech titled "Migrant Farm Workers," that won first place in the annual Goshen College C. Henry Smith…
Goodbye, Lima–and thanks for everything
To mark the special occasion of our despedida—our host family thank you and service sendoff party—Lima was graced with a few unusual raindrops and, more significantly, a beautiful rainbow that seemed to end right at the Good Shepherd Cathedral hall,...
Chapel: “Struggling wih Imperfection: Self-Judgment & God’s Grace”
Have you ever struggled to live up to your or others’ ideals? Have these struggles prevented you from fully living into the beautiful ways God has created you and intended for you? This chapel wrestles with these realities and offers...
Guest author Manny Martinez with Workshop participants
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Where we've been and where we're going
Our travels around Lima took us to three interesting places in the last week: La Inmaculada is a primary and secondary school run by the Jesuits, a Catholic religious order. The school has two distinctive facilities on campus: a zoo...
Convocation – Women’s World Choir!
The Women’s World Choir, directed by Deb Brubaker, give us a preview of their spring break touring program. Click for audio file
Indigenous People, Places, and Food
Our week began with two lectures focusing on the indigenous peoples of Peru. First we heard from Mennonite Pastor Jose Manuel Prada Bernal on how the oppression of indigenous peoples continues to this day, as many have been forced off...
Juan Granados
Lecture: Sunday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m., followed by a reception. Juan Granados will have a concurrent exhibit in the Abner Hershberger Gallery from Jan. 16 – Mar. 08. Juan Granados is a ceramist who has had numerous exhibitions around the...
Juan Granados: Ceramics Exhibition
Juan Granados: Ceramics Exhibition This exhibit is in conjunction with the Eric Yake Kenagy Lecture by Juan Granados Sunday, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. That event will be followed by a reception. Granados is a ceramist who has had numerous exhibitions...
Texas ceramist Juan Granados offers 2011 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist lecture
Throughout his childhood, Granados traveled with his family as migrant farm workers throughout the southern United States. As he cultivated the earth, he observed the interdependence and importance of nature. Granados is connected to his background of working with land…
El Parque Huáscar: Oasis in the Desert
One of Lima’s more impressive features is the city’s extensive park system. After a morning of delivering water to households that lack plumbing in Villa El Salvador, we visited the nearby Parque Huascar. This beautiful park is situated in one...
Distributing water in a Lima shantytown
Just 50 years ago, Lima’s population was close to 1 million. Today the greater metro area is approximately 8.5 million, or nearly one in three Peruvians. The stories behind that spectacular growth are sometimes tragic: earthquakes and floods that decimated...
Chapel: “Struggling with God’s People: An Imperfect Church”
Have you ever had struggles with “the church” or ever wondered “what’s the point?” This chapel wrestles with some of these realities while offering hope. Click for audio file
College students to speak on themes of peace during annual contest
Six Goshen College students will be exploring themes of peace as they participate in the college's annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest. The contest, to be held in the Goshen College Umble Center on Tuesday, Feb. 22 at 7…
Matthew R. Hochstetler '06
Matthew R. Hochstetler ’06 Matthew enrolled in the University of Toledo College of Law after graduating. He is now a third year law student and is a member of the executive board of the Toledo Law Review (an academic journal...
Adventures in the sacred valley
The Urubamaba Valley is just to the north of Cusco, and it’s perhaps better known as the Sacred Valley of the Incas. We spent several days visiting the towns and archeological sites in this area. First up was the small...
Winter Mainstage – Translations, Feb. 2011
A funny and bitter portrait of Irish peasants caught up in the midst of quiet socio-political upheaval
Convocation – “Living Together: Relating and Surviving”
A relationship task force of students and faculty focused this convo on the challenges of relating and surviving in community. Hear from Lucas Nafziger, Adam Graber Roth and others on Valentines Day! Click for audio file
In the footsteps of the Wari, Inca, and Spanish
Just outside Cusco are several interesting places from very different eras that we were able to explore during our visit. We started at Tipon, a 500-acre complex of hillside farming terraces and water channels carved in stone that the Incas...
service in lucre and Huacarpay
We took some time to get to know the Cusco area though two service projects. We spent last Friday in the small town of Huacarpay helping move rocks for the Cutípa family, which is still rebuilding a wall after last...
Cusco: cultural heritage of the world
Our week of travel started in the Andean city of Cusco, a UNESCO world heritage site that is considered Latin America’s archeological capital. By the 15th century Cusco was at the height of its importance as the capital of the...
Machu Picchu
Our visit to Machu Picchu coincided with two interesting anniversaries. First, 2011 is the centennial of Yale University professor (and later U.S. senator) Hiram Bingham’s discovery of the so-called “Lost City” (we learned that Machu Picchu was far from lost...
Schwartzentruber nominated for state ‘intern of the year’ award by Goshen General Hospital’s public relations department
As an assistant in the hospital’s public relations department, Schwartzentruber was given the opportunity to organize not one but two major PR events.
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