Hello MVC community, I’m writing this from my desk in Baltimore, at my service site at Marian House (long term transitional housing-recovery program). My nose is rosy and running from the bike ride to work this morning, my hands burning…
Interacting with the children—whether in the respite center in Mexico, in McAllen, or at the ARISE center in Muniz—demonstrated that love is a universal language. Despite language barriers, the children understood our gestures of friendship and fun, and they responded…
Hello all, thank you for tuning in and taking some time to read about my MVC experience! I want to share with you how I came to join the Mercy Volunteer Corps and offer insight into how my spirituality played…
Picture this: it is a Monday morning at 10:00. You just landed in the city that you will live in for the next eleven months. The butterflies in your stomach are starting to feel like a knot, and there’s a…
“What did one beet say to the other?” “I dunno, beats me!” ¡Hola! Salaam! Bonjour, namaste! These are words I get to use every day—with a smile and perhaps a slight bow, a handshake, or a hand over the heart—as…