Intern Profile: Abby Johnson in Kenya
Abby Johnson has gladly contributed to the blog with a list of her experiences as a global intern in Kenya. Here are her thoughts:
Intern Profile: Tamsen Gylleck in France
Hey Tamsen! Would you like to answer a few questions so the blog readers can get a feel for what internship in France is like? Yes? Okay.
Learning How to Learn: Global Internship
One of the most unique parts of the BCOM experience is global internship, a 16-month internship in another part of the world. Sitting in class one day, I remember listening to the teacher emphatically urge us to go on global internship. “It’ll change your life” he said.
Reality Check
This post was written by Esther Byington, a senior at Bethany who has just returned from her global internship in Africa.
Global Internship: France
This post was written by Tamsen, a global intern serving with Bethany in France. Tamsen has contributed to the blog before, authoring her first piece, Jesus is my Boyfriend, back in September of 2009. Merci Tamsen!
Novice Missionaries
Laura Stocks has completed 13 months of her 16 month global internship in Africa. As new global interns come from the classrooms of BCOM to the beaten streets of Kenya, Laura and the others on her team do all that they can to relay their experiences to the new arrivals.
Esther
This is the perspective of Esther Byington, a current global intern serving her 16 months in Kenya, Africa. Esther is a deep thinker, and an equally deep writer. I’ve asked her to write something for us in light of her experience as an interning missionary in Africa. Thanks Esther.
Coming Back From Another World
This post was written by a friend of mine who served the Gospel in a region of Africa that will remain unnamed. These are his thoughts, the passion of his heart:
Customs
Nimefika! I’ve arrived! I am back in America.
I walked into Target and was quite overwhelmed. I wandered around in a funk for half an hour before I was able to get oriented enough to begin shopping. Not even fashion waited for me to get back. What is with these skinny jeans??
