Friday, May 12, 2006

Mennonite Missionaries Learn Spanish at Catholic University in Peru

As Peter, Paul and Mary sang, "When Will They Ever Learn?" [Do you suppose the university gives them scholarships, too?]

[snip] An Iowa Mennonite School graduate is participating in the Goshen (Ind.) College Study-Service Term (SST) in PerĂº during this summer, along with 22 other students.
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Students can anticipate studying for the first six weeks at the Instituto de Idiomas of the Catholic University, a premiere Spanish language-training institute, as they live with families in Lima - a modern, growing city with eight to 10 million people. During daily seminars students will explore the vibrant Incan and pre-Incan history and the 1980s civil war, as well as lectures on the success of the women's movement in PerĂº. During the second half of their three-month stay, students will spread out across the country to live with families and volunteer at service assignments.
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Since the first SST units went to Costa Rica, Jamaica and Guadeloupe in 1968 and began one of the country's unique international education programs, more than 6,500 students and 230 faculty leaders have traveled to 19 countries.
kalonanews.com

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