the hand of
God
guiding my life by Katie Brizek (‘14)
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My experience at Christendom has been invaluable to me, not just because of the solid education, but because of the experiences I’ve been able to have, which are no less than the hand of God guiding my life.
Last year, I began working in the Advancement Office three nights a week, calling the generous supporters of Christendom to thank them for their self-sacrifice. For hours, I would dial numbers, and—most of the time— the phone would ring and ring until their voicemail answered. But every once in a while, I would have the opportunity to talk to a benefactor.
Their generosity also made me want to be generous. Since I don’t have the means financially, I looked into other ways to give. What I found was a mission trip.
In the spring of 2012, I went to Peru to assist the Missionary Servants of the Poor of the Third World. A group of women from Christendom, myself included, helped in their school, From the first moment I set foot in a orphanage, and hospital The conversations I’ve had are for handicapped and third world country, I saw that suffering amazing, being able ill girls. There, I was to hear the stories and impoverishment is very real. And introduced to poverty and appreciate the for the first time. We have it isn’t just real to these people—it’s richness and variety of all seen it on the TV, when the Christendom family. an organization is pleading everything. It’s their whole life. Every time I thanked a for money for the starving donor, my gratitude increased. I was struck with how children in Africa or Asia. We’ve seen the huts they live they pour themselves out for college students they’ve in and the tiny villages they inhabit, but it’s easy to be never even met. I understood how dependent I am detached. From the first moment I set foot in a third on their generosity, since without the financial aid I world country, I saw that suffering and impoverishment is very real. And it isn’t just real to these people—it’s receive from the school, I wouldn’t be able to attend Christendom. everything. It’s their whole life.
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