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...
by mcophilly | Oct 16, 2022 | SMI 2022, SMI Student Blog
by Jaz J. Kensington…. You’ve taught me a lot. You’ve shown me a lot. The first day I saw you, I was afraid of you. You looked like something that was shot right out of a movie scene. I had never seen anything like you. But over the last 3 weeks, I’ve come to know you...
by mcophilly | Oct 6, 2022 | SMI 2022, SMI Student Blog
by Samantha E. “For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.” 1 Corinthians 1:17 During college, I was introduced to the world of global missions, in that I...
by mcophilly | Aug 28, 2022 | SMI 2022, SMI Student Blog
by Lisa S. I’m reminded of this children’s Christian song as I reminisce of my SMI experience. Our God is so big, so strong and so mighty that there’s nothing our God cannot do. SMI has been such an eye-opening and awesome three weeks where I truly saw God work within...
