Intensive Learning @ MFS
The World At Your Fingertips
By Bela and Benjamin This morning we met at a parking lot after having breakfast with our host families. We had a short bus ride to meet with Bernard again. Unfortunately, because the fields were so muddy, we couldn’t continue with service, so Bernard gave us a scavenger hunt for yellow shells around the...
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By Kartik and Tony 你好! (Hello!) Today is our second day in Xi’an, which is the city where we’ll spend the most time during our trip this year. Today, we had a later start, beginning at 9:30 a.m. This gave us all a chance to eat breakfast and hang out with friends at the...
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By Yilin “We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey.”— John Hope Franklin This morning, we had a very very early start at 5:45 a.m. to head to the airport, leaving the beautiful...
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This morning, we woke up bright and early at 4:30 a.m. to prepare for our 5:15 departure by water taxi to Belize City. It took a while for us to get going, as there were many residents starting their day, but we truly headed out at around 6:30. The boat ride was a nice...
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Today we went to the Magic Kingdom Disney Park. We took the ferry over to the entrance, which was a nice way to start off the day. The first ride we went to was Pirates of the Caribbean, which was really fun. Next we walked through the center of the park past the castle...
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Today was a big preparation day for the feast on Thursday for all of the school staff, as well as the day for our sleepover. Firstly, we trimmed pork butts (which is actually meat from a pig’s shoulder) by cutting off all the excess fat and bits of hard bone around the outside of...
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On Wednesday, the Arts and Entertainment group watched the national touring production of Disney’s Frozen, presented at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Before that, though, there was work to do. We spent roughly three hours on campus doing service projects in the auditorium. People worked on cleaning out various parts of the auditorium, including painting the...
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On the fourth day of Folk Art and Living Simply IL students continued to craft with new mediums, to repurpose recycled materials, and to use a range of materials and methods to make tea light luminaries. By the end of the day, we had completed three separate projects. We kicked off the day by...
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By Maisah M. & Chase B. This morning kicked off with breakfast around 7:30. After that, we gathered for Meeting for Worship and sat in a circle. We spent 20 minutes reflecting on the differences between the USA and the Dominican Republic, highlighting cultural nuances that often go unnoticed. Our query referred to ideas...
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By Dean and Vincent We started our last day in Peru with breakfast at 8:00, which was fruits and juice; soon after the chefs came out with homemade bread with jam and butter and eggs. We finished packing our bags and left Niños House at 10:00 to go to Sacsayhuamán, an archeological site. Before...
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Today, Growing for Good hopped on the bus bright and early for a visit to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. We started with a tour by one of the staff, who taught us about the history of the land, which was once inhabited and cared for by the Lenni Lenape, an Indigenous people...
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By Sarah, Jena, Nicole 大家好！ Hello everyone! Greetings from Xi’an! Xi’an (西安) is Ms. Li’s hometown （老家), and we’ve heard so many wonderful things about it, so we were very excited to start our tour! Xi’an is one of the most historical cities, especially in China, since it was the capital of China for...
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By Omar and Amari During this trip, we learned a lot about the Sami people, their culture, and their place in Norway. We observed various exhibitions about the Sami people and their struggle for acceptance and fair treatment within Norwegian society. We learned about the dam that was built, which would result in the...
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On Wednesday, we had breakfast at the Reading Terminal Market and walked around Philadelphia; we made our way to Congregation Mikveh Israel. Although it may at first seem like an average place of worship, it has a deep and interesting history. Congregation Mikveh Israel was established in 1740 and is one of the first...
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3/27/24 By Reese & Meena For our second day in Washington, D.C., we traveled to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo with the goal of connecting the animals inside the zoo with this year’s theme of Intensive Learning, art and environment. There’s no way to really learn about art and the environment without knowing the true...
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