by mcophilly | Jul 28, 2023 | SMI 2023, SMI Student Blog
by Mary R. As a small town girl who is more used to tuning out croaking frogs at night than loud music and firecrackers, living in North Philly has been an adjustment. Our first couple of days here brought hours of orientation talks where we heard some stories of the...
by mcophilly | Jul 27, 2023 | SMI 2023, SMI Student Blog
by Silas B. “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!How unsearchable are his judgements and how inscrutable his ways!‘For who has known the mind of the Lord,or who has been his counselor?Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?’For...
by mcophilly | Jul 26, 2023 | SMI 2023, SMI Student Blog
by Layo F. When I initially applied for SMI and even up until when I arrived at the train station, I didn’t quite know what to expect from this experience. I had visited Philadelphia a few times but I had never heard anything about Kensington or its surrounding...
by smiphilly | Nov 17, 2022 | SMI 2022, SMI Student Blog
A Report of the Philadelphia Summer Medical Institute, June 18-July 9, 2022 By Holly Favino, Program Director On a sunny day in July a pair of Christian health care students and their interpreter knocked on doors of tightly packed row houses in Kensington,...
by mcophilly | Oct 20, 2022 | SMI 2022, SMI Student Blog
by Dani C. SMI 2022 was truly a surreal experience. Each day was spent growing in my faith, overcominghardship, and learning about God’s grace, love, and mercy. From the apparent struggles evident in the powerlessness of low income areas to the resilience of the...
by mcophilly | Oct 19, 2022 | SMI 2022, SMI Student Blog
by Ashley A. Hey everyone! My name is Ashley and I am in nursing school in Birmingham! Coming into SMI, I had no idea what to expect. Being from out of town, I assumed everyone would already know each other and I would be the outsider. I assumed Kensington would be a...
