Greatest accomplishment? Serving with MVC

Serving for 2 years with Mercy Volunteers Corps in Guyana was a life-changing experience for me. I worked at Mercy Wings and at the boys orphanage, as a teacher and tutor and lived in an intentional community with one other volunteer. The program is very well run and was established with a quality, holistic, cross-cultural experience in mind for the volunteer. The local support is tremendous for those who are open and desiring of an immersion experience in the culture, and reflection on their own growth in the values of the program and the reality of what it means to live in a country that is economically and otherwise marginalized by the U.S. and other "developed" countries. Living and working in another country does not automatically mean one comes to understand how the world is viewed from another's point of view, however, if you are willing and able to engage in meaningful relationships and authentic dialogue with the Sisters of Mercy and other Guyanese, it will be a transformative experience beyond anything you can study or "accomplish" in your work.