greek iv stories » Service http://greekintervarsity.org LIVES CHANGED. THE GREEK SYSTEM RENEWED. WORLD CHANGERS DEVELOPED. Thu, 17 May 2012 15:34:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Haiti Global Plunge with Hatian Fraternity http://greekintervarsity.org/2009/06/haiti-global-plunge-with-hatian-fraternity/ http://greekintervarsity.org/2009/06/haiti-global-plunge-with-hatian-fraternity/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:10:13 +0000 Nick Johnson http://greekintervarsity.org/?p=466 For the past three years we have been taking students to live and work alongside a AQPsi, a fraternity in Haiti. Its members are men in a small village outside of Haiti’s capital. Central to their purpose is the mobilization of men and women in the village to a place of self-sustainability. We have joined them over the years to bring running water to over 60 families (previously they had to walk up to 30 mins to get water). In May we took a team of 15 students from across the Southeast to participate in the Haiti Global Plunge. Two of them were from Georgia State. In addition to laying pipes to bring the running water, students also wrestled with God’s call throughout Scripture to pursue justice and love the poor . Our hope was that this short experience would help develop students who want to give their lives to transform the world: learning how to live a lifestyle of justice and giving all to advance God’s Kingdom. Here is an example from Patrick, a Theta Chi at Georgia State: “ we really got a chance to live among the people of Haiti. We were exposed to their hopes, frustrations and dreams. This trip brought serious, life-shifting realizations about myself. I will go back to my campus and see it as a resource that has not been used to its full potential.” Patrick is now organizing a shoe box drive through a ministry in Haiti to bring needed supplies to children and hopes that he can provide over 200 shoeboxes. Of the members of the trip: 12 committed to meeting regularly with God in prayer and Bible Study 15 committed to better stewardship of money 9 committed to getting involved with a ministry to the poor 14 committed to research how they could use their major to help end poverty

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Click here for more info on the Hatian fraternity.

Click here to see a video of the trip.

]]> http://greekintervarsity.org/2009/06/haiti-global-plunge-with-hatian-fraternity/feed/ 1 Broken Hearts on the West Side http://greekintervarsity.org/2006/07/broken-hearts-on-the-west-side/ http://greekintervarsity.org/2006/07/broken-hearts-on-the-west-side/#comments Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:24:41 +0000 Lauren Mann http://greekintervarsity.org/?p=303 The Lord broke our hearts in Chicago’s Westside neighborhood of Austin. The first day our eyes were opened to the racial and economic systematic injustice in our country. Our hearts broke for the people these systems have affected and continue to affect.

We saw that as Caucasian, upper middle class Americans we were oblivious to what was going on around us…just a few neighborhoods away. We learned about God’s heart to make right all that has gone wrong in the world as a result of sin. We were challenged to think about what our role as individuals could be in this redemption process.

Lauren’s service for three days was in the neighborhood of Cabrini Green working with Kid’s Club, an after school program. The kid’s received help with their homework, learned about Jesus through chapel and other fun activities like chorus, praise dancing, bucket drumming and art. Lauren will never be the same as a result of this week, and neither will the three Greek IV women who went with her.

God also moved mightily on the Habitat for Humanity trip Brian led. There are three reasons why we go on a Habitat trip each year: first, to serve those in need and fight against poverty, second, for the students in Greek IV to grow deeper friendships with one another as they serve together, and third, to bring some non-Christians on the trip to see God through experiencing scripture and Christian community. All three goals were accomplished this year.

Of the 13 students on the trip, three were not yet Christians. One student in particular, James, had not come to any Greek IV activities at U of I before going on the Habitat trip. He went on the trip because one of his fraternity brothers was going and invited him to come along. James said that the Habitat experience has motivated him to look for answers to the tough questions that were preventing him from believing in and following Jesus. Since returning to campus, James has joined the Greek IV community and also attended Chapter Focus Week after the semester ended.

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