Gordon College's Global Missions, Service and Outreach Program has sent students to work with the organizations above for a number of years, and with others not listed in previous years. According to Laura Carmer, the director of the program, some students prefer to think of their experiences in these locations as service learning trips rather than missions trips, as none have the primary goal of evangelizing which is regarded by many as the definition of a missions trip. It also disconnects their trip from the negative connotation of the term 'missions trip.' The following photographs are from the India 2012 and Romania 2013 summer trips. |
HanByul Chang '15 (left), co-leader of the trip, teaching piano in Baptla, India.
Photo Courtesy Kate Danahy
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Julia Marra '13 and Kate Danahy '14, co-leader, (left) teach a 9th grade class at a school in Bapatla, India.
Photo Courtesy Kate Danahy
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The students worked with the Viata programs of the New Horizons Foundation to build a ropes course. Photo courtesy Alli Corriveau |
Hannah Greenwood '13 puts up a sign to mark one of the elements of the course.
Photo courtesy Alli Corriveau
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