All I only wanted was an opportunity to serve but I got more than serving, rather I had the opportunity to engage, learn, and interact with people. At Good Sam, I met happy people who were glad to work with me. My experience as a storytelling intern gave me an opportunity to work in my area of expertise, which is content writing, and this role made me explore writing better. Knowing that academic writing was about robbing me of my creative writing skills, my few months at Good Sam helped me relearn my craft. With Good Sam, writing became a tool for creating awareness, transforming lives, and drawing the attention of people to serve others.
At Good Sam, I learned a new perspective about social service and I learned more about God. Good Sam taught me that social service is not only about receiving, it is also about giving. By giving, I mean volunteering. At Good Sam, volunteering is a way of giving back. I also learned more about God’s love. I have not seen an organization where team members pray together, this was my first, and this was exciting to me because I learned from the depth of God that others are willing to share.
I really look forward to more experience to serve and see lives transformed for good through my actions. Thank you Good Samaritan Ministries for the opportunity to serve, I will love to do this again.
In 2016 I had my last internship at Intel and was going through some situations which I needed help in handling but didn’t have the economic power to go to therapy. Using the power of the internet I found Good Samaritan Ministries. I called and was told I had to apply for counseling, and so I did. Soon after, a call came in from GSM and was told I would be counseling with Teresa Stroup. My first sessions were hard and challenging, but it helped me grow greatly and solve internal issues I have and still am working on. Towards the end of the 2016 summer time I ended up going back home to finish school work with hopes of getting a full time offer and coming back to Oregon. A year later I graduated, relocated to Oregon and as soon as I had a car I started going to GSM and volunteering. My focus has been mostly in the Technologies area as I see there is a need and great ar eas of improvement where I can be a change agent towards achieving an IT transformation. Specifically, where I can help GSM make the best use of tools available and help the transformation reach all centers available globally.