Internships

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Intern Stories

The Right Place

Marcus Siering from Germany - November 2007

Hi, I am Marcus from Germany, and I am doing an internship for ten weeks with the HELP for all Nations Team in Austin, TX. After I finished hight school and my military service I wanted to do an internship abroad. Then I heard about the ministry here in the US. I was very eager to see what this ministry among young homeless people was like. After exchaning a couple of e-Mails with the team and a lot of prayer, it was clear. I decided to go to Austin.
This is a very special time for me. Our outreaches on the streets always leave a deep impression on me, and it is so much fun to be around the staff here.
Every day we are out on the street ministering, and I am learning something new every day. God is teaching me how important it is to take time to listen to the people , be friendly, and show God's love in a very practical way. This is opening up their hearts and establishing trust.
I am very sure that I am in the right place at the right time. One thing is certain. I will never forget the wonderful and exciting time I had over here.

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Spring Break on the Streets

Boone Sommerfeld - USA - Spring 2007

Hello readers, my name is Boone. I am a college student from John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
A few weeks ago, a growing desire began in my heart to live on the streets and learn more about our homeless brothers and discern what true dependency on God is like. After hearing about the HELP for all Nations ministry from a friend, I called up our friend Gerald. He said that sleeping on the streets was not likely, but that he had a bus with our name on it.
So my friend Adam and I hit the road once Spring Break had begun. It has been an amazing experience living with the families here and making new friends on the street.

Boone Sommerfeld (intern)

Adam's Experience

Adam Martin - USA - March 2007

While waiting on Guadalupe Street, Dan approached me...he knew me, called me by name, and embraced me. We had come to know each other only two days before. But then I remembered something very tragic about his life: he has no one. Few even listen to him. It is difficult for me to fathom that kind of loneliness. It seems his life is absent of any consistent and personal life-giving relationship.
It was that incredible loneliness and hopelessness that led me to briefly pray for Dan as he greeted me during those moments-that he would come to truly know the One who fully knows him, calls him by name, and who also chose to willingly embrace his life by offering that of His Son's.
What a wonderful joy it was for me to be recognized by Dan that afternoon-our relationship together was so brief. But I can't imagine how special it must have been for him to be initially recognized by me or the others-Gerald, Daniel, Kurt and their families, whose life is spent in ministry to individuals like Dan each day. It must have been wonderful for him.
In my few days on the streets of Austin, I was reminded of something very important regarding my compassion for the homeless: being a representative of the Incarnate Christ is not necessarily becoming hopeless among the hopeless. It is, instead, to become personally involved in their sufferings and lifestyle to show that in Jesus alone is hope. To live like I am poor is one thing-to be a servant and friend to the poor is greater.

Adam Martin (intern)

We Love America

Michael And Anita Riem from Switzerland - October 2005

Anita and Michael, from Switzerland are with us for three months as interns. They help us a lot and we really love their passion for America.

" We simply have a love for this nation. Two years ago we began to seek the Lord about how we could in the United States. After one year we heard about HELP for all Nations and applied for a three-month internship. God opened all doors, also those which seemed to be firmly locked. We have been here only one month and already feel at home. The Lord has put us in the right place."
Anita and Michael Riem (CH)