MISSION:POSSIBLE: REFLECTIONS FROM PORTLAND “I have never felt the presence of God as deeply as I did during my week on Mission:Possible. It would have been easy to look at the destitution this community faces and ask, “Where is God?” It was an incredibly humbling experience to feel the exact opposite. I understood for the first time God’s assertion that he is found in the least of our brothers. God was sitting at the table eating eggs with George every morning. He was waiting in line to get clothes, he was sitting next to Peter at Mass. For the first time in my life, I got to meet God where he truly dwells.”
– Katherine DeGreef, sophomore, electrical engineering major
STUDENTS INCLUDING DEGREEF AND MARK AHERN, FAR LEFT, KAYLA DAVISON, NEAR LEFT TOP, AND MARK PETTIBONE, NEAR LEFT BOTTOM, COOKED FOR AND SERVED HOMELESS MEN AT PORTLAND’S BLANCHET HOUSE. AS MISSION:POSSIBLE INCLUDES A COMMITMENT TO LIVING SIMPLY, STUDENTS SLEPT ON THE FLOOR AT PORTLAND’S DOWNTOWN CHAPEL.
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