Service Learning Issue 1 - The Idea

Jeff and I were talking last summer and the idea formed to take a team to see and experience what he has gleaned in over 10 years of service work.

Jeff is the service/mission coordinator at his school and he has friends that provide services and programs to marginalized people in the Los Angeles area. A true teacher, Jeff takes his students out of the classroom for them to be involved in the problems of modern society - mental illness, homelessness, addictions, urban poverty.

Why? To learn, to be changed, to serve, and to honor those who give their lives for the betterment of others. His approach and heart, as we experienced, is very contagious.

The project became known as Crossing Borders. The idea is to cross economic, social, class and international borders to learn and serve.

We left on March 8th and arrived home on March 14th.

There was 4 adults and 6 youth - affectionately known as "The Trippers."