Journals - Germany SST

"I felt blessed by the immense generosity and hospitality shown by my host family because I was treated as a part of the family."

"I thought I had grown a lot in the three years I spent at GC before going on SST, but I really developed just as much in those three months in Germany as I had in the three years before. "

"We visited castles, went on hikes, had barbeques and spent time piecing together deep conversations through our highly fractured German and their slightly less fractured English."

"On service, I had the opportunity to work with immigrants, helping them learn basic skills to function in the German culture."

"They wanted to be friends with me just as much as I wanted to be friends with them."

"After SST, I believe I can do many things than before never seemed possible."