BT and the Community at Mine Fork
The kids, the teens, the folks in the nursing home--all have been blessed by the communities of UDSAPers each summer! Read on!
Intense Community
Intense Community
<p>by&#160;Bro. Mark Motz, SM - UDSAP '09</p> <p>UDSAP is more&#160;"togetherness"&#160;than most people ever experience. But Community is so much more than just "togetherness".&#160; Community is more than shared experience.&#160; Community is more than a title we give ourselves that means more than just housemates.</p>
UDSAP 2010 video
Finding Peace and Love
Finding Peace and Love
<p>by&#160;Michelle Perusek &#160;UDSAP '09</p> <p>I remember sitting in the Love Room our first week there, staring around at all of the quotes from different generations of UDSAPers, as BT led our group in a reflection about the culture shock we were experiencing. Little did I know then, but that culture shock would take a huge turn nine weeks later, as I returned to mainstream America.</p>
Photos 2008-2011
Personal Statement for College Application
Personal Statement for College Application
<p>by James Crace</p> <p>As a child I learned how to be free and have fun without focusing on my tough home life. As a teen I learned respect, love, and how to open up because they would intently listen.&#160;</p>
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That Summer
That Summer
<p>by Charissa Qui &#160;UDSAP '11</p> <p>That summer, I lay beside the shade of a tree, borrowing the blanket of warmth from the sun to dry off the evidence of the creek where I learned to skip my first rock. Next to me lay a little girl way beyond her years, who spoke empathy and acceptance with her eyes, compassion and love with her touch, and who taught me self-love, innocence and resilience with her laughter and her joy.</p>
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Cravings
Cravings
<p>by Morgan (Groh) Gaerke &#160;UDSAP '11</p> <p>I still crave showering in the lake, living with people that became my best friends, going on&#160;midnight&#160;adventures, having life chats, hugging those kids when they came to us. I crave swinging on the porch swing drinking tea. I crave being frustrated, growing in such immense ways, seeing God shine so brightly. I crave time with those kids, running wild and free with them, picking blackberries, going swimming, doing crafts.</p>
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Service in Reverse
Service in Reverse
<p>by Brian Gaerke UDSAP '12&#160;</p> <p>"What is UDSAP?" is one of the hardest questions I have ever had to answer. Only those who have spent the summer in Salyersville really know, and even then no one answer will be the same.&#160;</p>
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