by smiphilly | Jul 15, 2014 | SMI 2014
It’s common experience in the world of missions for people to come in expecting to give so much to the community, only to leave having received so much more than they could have possibly given. SMI has been no different in that regard. Between the families of Northern...
by smiphilly | Jul 14, 2014 | SMI 2014
In almost every home we go in during outreach, we recommend a healthy diet and adequate physical exercise. We also emphasize the importance of both the physical and spiritual aspects of health. In one of our Biblical Foundations training sessions, it was said that...
by smiphilly | Jul 12, 2014 | SMI 2014
Over the past couple weeks of SMI, I have seen the Lord work in mighty ways to shape my life and the lives of those around me. Coming into the trip, I tried to avoid forming preconceived notions about what to expect in my interactions with the people in North...
by smiphilly | Jul 11, 2014 | SMI 2014
“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...
by smiphilly | Jul 11, 2014 | SMI 2014
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...
by smiphilly | Jul 11, 2014 | SMI 2014, Uncategorized
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...
