Bonus track!  Christina Garibay is back and shares what a one-on-one meeting with a Resident Coordinator looks like. If you are an incoming student, this episode will give you a brief overview of what these meetings look like and why they are meaningful to each student.

We value discipleship at Living & Learning and have made it a priority to incorporate it into each of our programs. One way we integrate discipleship is through the Resident Coordinator position. Our Resident Coordinators disciple students throughout the semester by meeting and building relationships with the students. The L&LI Resident Coordinators listen to, care for, and mentor students as they experience a new culture and context. Christina Garibay (aka CK), worked as a Resident Coordinator in Ecuador for three years. CK talks about how discipleship happens and the ways that students are impacted during the semester.  Show Notes On September 24th we're hosting our second annual L&LI 5K Fun Run! All proceeds go towards helping more students study abroad! Learn more about how to sign up and donate. For more information, check us out online at landli.org/ Applications are now open for our programs. Apply Today! Subscribe to our Monthly Newsletter or follow us on Instagram. 

Have you ever wondered how Living & Learning picks the homestay families in Ecuador? Meg van Rijn, Director of Operations at our Ecuador site will give a brief rundown on how we select the families. L&LI has partnered with these families for a long time and has long-standing relationships with each of them. The families take great joy in hosting the students and inviting them into their homes as their own sons or daughters. For more information, check us out online at landli.org/ Applications are now open for our programs. Apply Today!  Subscribe to our Monthly Newsletter or follow us on Instagram @livingandlearningintl

Every student that comes through the Ecuador semester or summer program stays with a local Ecuadorian family for a portion of the program. This is an opportunity for the student to be stretched with their Spanish, immerse themselves in the culture fully, and be loved on by an Ecuadorian family. Rachael Kinoshita, an Ecuador Spring 2019 alumna, shares her personal experience with a homestay family and the impact it had on her.

As we engage cross-culturally through our programs our lives will be stretched and grown in different ways as we interact with people different from us. God’s heart for the nations should give us a desire to also interact with the nations. Meg van Rijn, our Director of Operations, in Ecuador will expand on what it looks like to cross-culturally engage, and how she has seen it impact her own life and life of students. 

Your two favorite people, Ashleigh and Greg, are teaming up to bring you The Living & Learning Podcast, where they'll share the inside scoop on what it's like to study abroad with Living & Learning International. You'll hear stories from students, staff, and alumni all about the different places, countries, and cultures they've experienced and all the amazing people involved along the way. ⁠Living & Learning International offers academically excellent international and domestic study abroad programs for college students to live in community, engage the challenges of the world, and learn to respond with a biblical Christian worldview.  We're launching our first episode in a couple of weeks but in the meantime, listen to the trailer and subscribe to the podcast by clicking the buttons below!