Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
Today, the focus was on preparing for our adventures to Ocean City that awaits us tomorrow. We began with a slideshow, and after that started construction of our sculptures we will install on the beach. Some people built sculptures and some people built tools with which to create sand drawings. After that, we headed...
Continue readingDay Two We returned to the Harriton House today. Our first task was to help clean up the grounds a little due to all of the branches that came down over the winter. Then we set to work getting the fires started. The groups had more success getting the coal burning today. Our...
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Today we woke up and ate some freshly made bread for breakfast with many authentic sides such as marmalade, tomato spread and cheese. We then moved into our groups to start our service work for the day. The service work we did today was making marmalade, jewelry making, working in the garden, and working...
Continue readingWe had an early start this morning. We had to be out of the hotel by 5:00 am (1 am at home!) to catch our 7:30 train to Paris! The train was about 2 hours long and 30 of those minutes we were under water crossing the channel. The train reached 186 kph! Once...
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Day Two Today we ventured to the Pig Iron Theatre Company‘s school in Philadelphia and met Quinn Bauriedel, one of the founding members of the company. With Quinn, we explored what it means to have a “stage presence” and how different body postures and levels of tension help us express movement and emotion. The...
Continue readingDay Two We began the day with a riveting talk about the African-American history of Philly thanks to our entertaining tour guide Ernest. He talked about how African-American women and children were significant to the history of Philadelphia, how Quakers came about, and how Pennsylvania came about. He talked about William Penn, and his...
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Today the Service in Camden group traveled to the most southern tip of Camden to volunteer at The Neighborhood Center. We were greeted by incredibly open, welcoming, friendly hosts (Michael and Lisa), who broke us up to complete a variety of tasks that help the Neighborhood Center continue serving their neighbors. The three missions...
Continue readingDay Two Today, we had breakfast as soon as we arrived. Then, we went to the Habitat Restore warehouse to do whatever was needed. The visit was actually a surprise because we were supposed to be making raised beds, but due to frigid temperatures we decided to change our plans. Of course, the Habitat community...
Continue readingToday we traveled to the Eastern State Penitentiary to learn about the “Quaker experiment” in criminal reformation. We studied the architecture of the building and its several expansions. Originally, reformation of the prisoners was to be accomplished by social isolation – no talking, no social interaction, no seeing other humans for the entire time...
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Day Two: The Hike The second day after we arrived in New Mexico, we were off to hike its rough terrain, the Rio Grande Gorge to be exact. Eight hundred feet of its beautiful landscape. We survived steep hills and rocky trails....
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Day Three The day began with an excellent Meeting for Worship with the community of Tempe. We were treated to a potluck lunch and then primed, painted, and caulked a near by home. ...
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… or longer, someone in the Fox clan carved this into the cliff face so that people would know that this is where the Fox family lived. Foxes been going for a long time!...
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March 23, 2014, Day Three Today we did more trabajo in La Fundación. After a few hours and another delicious almuerzo, we took another trip to the beautiful city of Granada. After a brief period of free tiempo, we went to the historic Alhambra Palace. We were given a group tour showing us the...
Continue readingDay Three Today we started out with a delightfully late morning — what they call here in London a “lie in.” We went to the Science Museum, which was very fun. The interactive exhibits were particularly enjoyable. You could learn about the laws of magnetism and gravity by playing with magnets and discover how...
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Day Two After waiting for someone who was late (and attending the Flyers – Blues Game), our LAX equipment was successfully checked in, oversized bags and all. Luckily, we had no issues with security and even our rowdy members are now safe and aboard our fantastic flight to Phoenix. Hasta la Vista MFS! –...
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