A Change of Seasons...

Conference season has ended and autumn brings a whole new feel to this IJM internship.  This summer flew by and I still can’t believe we are nearly half-way through September! Summer Madness, New Horizon and Bangor Worldwide were all really wonderful in different ways.  New Horizon was very different from Summer Madness and honestly much different than any conference I have ever been to. My...

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Summer Madness and Aaron Weiss

Well friends, if you live in Northern Ireland, chances are you will have heard about Summer Madness. Each summer thousands of young people gather for this Christian festival to hear different speakers, camp out together, attend seminars, worship together, and just have a lot of fun. At least this is what I gathered from my first experience of Summer Madness a few weeks ago! Ruth and I had a stand at SM and held a seminar called “Life...

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Part of the Story

Dear Friends, Thank you for following my blog as I am the Church and Development Assistant for International Justice Mission in Ireland. As you may know, this position is a year-long voluntary internship and I am raising awareness and support for the work of IJM and the issues of injustice that we are fighting against. Please take the time to look through a few posts here and consider supporting me with prayer and finance. My goal is to raise £80 (About $125) a month to support my mission. This money will meet a very practical need of mine,...

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Speaking in Detroit

In June, I had the privilege of speaking about the work of IJM at my home church in Plymouth, MI. On a Wednesday night I spoke for the youth and college groups at Solid Rock Bible Church. This was a really wonderful experience and I am still so encouraged by the response from both groups! Speaking and hosting stands at different churches and events is one of my favorite parts of the internship. The more I speak about issues of injustice...

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Washington DC// Training Week Part Two

Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed the video. Exciting stuff, huh? (This is a photo of me with the other new Partner Office staff and Joe Jordano! We hung out a lot throughout the week and Joe was really lovely, making sure we were always being taken care of. As you can see, we were probably the funnest group there. Just saying. Ha!) So Tuesday through Thursday really consisted of several seminars and meetings and we learned so much...

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Washington DC// Training Week Part One

Well friends, I can’t believe it, but training week in Washington D.C. has come and gone! From the 3rd-9th of June, I was at International Justice Mission Headquarters with 73 other new (although a few of us had already started) trainees. There was a mix of new HQ, Field Office, and Partner Office staff/interns/fellows.  This was IJM’s biggest group of trainees yet. How exciting to be a part of it! I arrived on Sunday, the night...

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Quarterly Prayer Day and Yellow Fields

Last Friday Ruth and I ventured over to England for the day!! IJM UK holds quarterly prayer days for the team, this was the first one I have taken part in. Our 6:15am flight to London required that I wake up at 3:45am to get over to Ruth's house on time to begin our journey. (A big thanks to our husbands for getting up early to drive us everywhere! Poor Paul had to work at 6:30 so he rushed back home for a nap before work. Thank you!!) Starbucks...

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Stories of Hope

No More Traffik (NMT) is a human trafficking awareness campaign in Northern Ireland. NMT hosted a week-long series of events from May 12-20 with the support of over 30 partners (organizations and businesses). IJM UK hosted an event called Stories of Hope. I was in charge of organizing and running this event! Before I go on to explain more about Stories of Hope, let me just say a MASSIVE thank you to everyone who helped organize and facilitate...

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Mien's Story

Svay Pak is a small village 11km outside of Phnom Penh. Essentially it is a collection of wooden houses and huts. But Svay Pak is overrun by pimps and human traffickers who pressure families into selling their children into the dozens of brothels that line the streets of the village. Mien’s family was destitute, her father a violent jobless alcoholic. Just to put food on the table her mother regularly borrowed money from local loan sharks...

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Welcome!

Hello friends!! Welcome to my blog for International Justice Mission! For those of you who don’t know, I am currently volunteering as an intern for IJM UK. I have completed my first month as Church and Development Assistant here in Nothern Ireland and have loved every minute of it! I have followed IJM for several years and have admired their work from afar, always hoping to one day become more actively involved. The mission of International Justice Mission is to protect people from violent forces of injustice by securing...

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