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Tidings they Bring

Featured story By Alexander on Track: Languages - Linguistics Region: Middle East

I remember when I first started to develop expectations of what I wanted to do overseas; one of the first generic ideas to develop was hosting a party where most of the guests were majority people. This Christmas, this goal was realized! It started by running the idea past one of my majority friends who I’ve grown quite close to here. I was reminiscing about how good Christmas time is in the states, how me and my Dad always watch Charlie Brown Christmas together, and how there’s usually desserts out the wazoo (I searched, there is no direct translation of ‘wazoo’ into Arabic). My friend was… Read more

One Year Later

Featured story By Alexander on Track: Languages - Linguistics Region: Middle East

                It feels weird even typing that title. It’s been a year since hugs and at least a few tears in a Dallas airport when I left to live overseas for two years. Even today it hit me. I was sitting on the floor with a few friends, and even though some of us were American, no one was speaking English. We were digging into a goopy foreign substance with our bare hands, drinking tea, and talking about life. The strangest thing was that it felt so normal. That’s my life now, one year later. And as I reflect on how it’s come to be this way, it’s… Read more

Immeasurably More

Featured story By Danielle on Track: Ministry Region: Asia - East

I would like to start by sharing with you my hate for Houston roads and traffic. Once upon a time, there was a Waco-Abilenian girl who thought she could make it in the big city with just a GPS as her guide. Ladies and gents, please take notes. Houston does not follow GPS rules because they’re always under construction and always changing their exits on you. They also are little sneakers with their tolls and don’t tell you ahead of time that you must have a toll tag or pay 33 dollars. No mercy for the clueless out-of-towner. None at all. I did have a palm to face moment though when I realized… Read more

Why Two Years?

Featured story By Bekka on Track: Teaching Region: Asia - South East

I chose GoCorps because God told me I needed to give 2 years. I assumed this was an arbitrary number chosen for my sake. It's not an incredibly long time, although it is not an overwhelmingly short time either. In my mind, two years was exactly long enough for me to get a decent taste, and from there I would decide if I wanted to go further and make a real difference. When I hit a rough spot in support raising my coach said "Don't give up, your team is waiting for you! They need you!" I was skeptical. It was not that I thought that God would not use me, I just assumed that two years just wasn… Read more

Stories.

Featured story By Tori on Track: Media - Communications Region: Africa - Sub-Saharan

I’ve had the gift of starting the year “getting to know” people. Seriously, that’s been my job to get to know our work, our team, learn more about Dzaleka refugee camp, and develop relationships. There have absolutely been days when I’m antsy, as I learn to network and live life here, but the days I have spent with new friends, have been beautiful. As friendships begin to develop, I’ve had the honor of sharing conversations about home, life as it is, and dreams of the future. Refugee is a commonly used word, recently, as we hear about the influx of people crossing borders for safety. And,… Read more

Why Walking Is Bad

Featured story By Laura on Track: Media - Communications Region: Asia - East

              Last week I spent 4 days at an orphanage. Night and day we ate, worked and slept in the building that is home to over 30 disabled children. I had a hard time sleeping at night; partly from my mind spinning from medical and therapy possibilities from the day past and for the day ahead, and partly from hearing crying children left unconsoled in their beds. This trip I was accompanied by a former GoCorps goer who is visiting my team to offer her expertise as an occupational therapist. She has been blessing the foster… Read more

She Gets It

Featured story By Ryan on Track: Compassion - Justice Region: Asia - South East

She’s a young girl in my community. She’s 17 years old. Has braces, short brown hair, and the lives at the front of our community. She and her older sister are the only two Christians in her family. She is shy, yet displays natural leadership abilities. She sees the world through such a unique and uncommon perspective. A perspective of hope and for something more. She’s taken notice of the way the children around her have fallen by the way side. How they’ve slipped into drug addictions. How they’ve developed a joy in going to gaming centers where gambling most likely takes place. And how… Read more

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