Song from a Participant

This. This is amazing. This is one of the greatest gifts we can receive for our work at BorderLinks. And we get some really incredible ones sometimes! Yesterday a box showed up from a Phillips Theological Seminary participant who came back in September - he donated his company's gently used computer monitors and speakers after they upgraded - how kind it was for him to think of us!

Here are Maria, Indira, and Rhonda admiring our new (to us) toys that will make our work even better!

 

One of my Harvard Divinity participants wrote a song following his BorderLinks experience and posted it to our Facebook wall in late December. In case you haven't seen it yet, it's pretty amazing and encapsulates a lot of what we hope people get out of border immersion. We try not to teach to a certain end, or hope that people who come in at Levels A through L in border understanding get to Level T or X by the time they leave us. We get to see what people write on their delegation evaluations on their last day, but rarely do we know how their BorderLinks experience touches them once they leave our campus weeks, months, or years later. Every person experiences things differently and can choose what they get out of their time with us. We hope that they integrate what they learn, feel, and think here on the border into wherever life takes them next.

I am amazed by his talent and his heart, and touched that he would produce this musical reflection to share with the world. Without further ado, here is "Paper" by Andrew Porter: http://www.reverbnation.com/andrewporter If you are so moved, please share on!