“We’ve Been Expecting You”

“Come in, we’ve been expecting you.” She probably just said those words because people in scrubs had been strolling around the streets for the past week. Yet, I couldn’t help but think how those words meant something more to me. God has a plan...

Whose Fool Are You?

I am blessed for this to be my second year on the SMI team.  It has been especially good because I can see the team developing and amazing stories coming about, even from the first day of outreach. We had evangelism training, which was really helpful. It eliminated...

Second Chances

When asked casually how SMI is going, my answers thus far has been one of two: “cool” and “it’s like college.” [Smile]. Though the prior answer is a neutral word I’ve incorporated into most conversations, the latter has been something I thought more about when we...

“Do not be anxious about anything…”

Hello!  My name is Allison and I just finished my first year of medical school at SUNY Downstate.  I came to SMI this summer because I wanted to use what I learned so far to do hands-on work to help people.  I also wanted to see how God’s power can work to heal...

Out of Place

With SMI Philly based at my home church and neighborhood, I was able to offer a different perspective to the people we saw on the door-to-door medical outreach. I looked similar, spoke the same language, and was able to understand and relate with them when it came to...