After a morning meeting with Bryant and Truman, Truman took us to Penn State’s nearby campus for a tour. Truman introduced us to several key and historic buildings and told us about Penn State’s founding as an agricultural college. Truman also showed us locations on the campus that are important to the organizations Life Quest and Happy Valley Christian Community.
To cap off the tour, we stopped at Berkey Creamery for ice cream, chocolate milk, and cheese curds, visited the library for beautiful dimly-lit corridors lined with important tomes, and split into small groups to patronize various nearby restaurants.
After lunch, we returned to headquarters, and sat in a circle. Brian told us about Sowers Harvest Café, Bryant told us about All-Nations Bible Translation, and Shawn introduced us to the survey project. On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, we will be on campus, seeking students who are willingto participate in a survey that will help discover individual’s perspectives on religion, ethics, and Christianity and give them an opportunity to get connected with the ministry for students. Following the introduction, we paired up and practiced giving the survey to each other.
The final event for the day was hosting approximately seventy people, many of whom were international scholars at Penn State, for a meal. Janelle assigned each of us to different tasks, and we piled into the kitchen to prepare a feast of Columbian food.
After it was all prepared, our guests arrived. We served them, and sat with them. As we learned to know our new friends, many lively conversations erupted around the room.
After the event ended, we wrapped up the day by planning for tomorrow and reflecting on all the good things of the day in a debrief meeting and in journals.
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