the theme i chose for this year’s StreetFest was - Choose Wholehearted Living: Care About Place. this theme is one that came from my heart. it is in a way one of the main things i’ve learned in my time at calvin so far. choose to live wholeheartedly. do this by caring for place. in some sense, all i want is for people to care. care for the world, creation, and others. care about suffering. to give something of themselves to love others well. to care about place, the local communities we live in. to be a good neighbor, citizen of the world. i think a caring posture would shape us differently, call us together, rather than divide us. i hope and long for a world where people care and love more. imagine shalom, peace, and love unifying us together. how beautiful that would be. how beautiful it will be someday. i know that day will come. but until then, i still dream and long for this caring. this job was hard at times, stressful too. but in the end, it all worked out. i am thankful for this summer, the opportunity to coordinate StreetFest. i’m thankful for the way this job has shaped and pushed me in so many ways. i’m thankful for my supervisors and coworkers - for their support, hard work, and laughter. the S-LC has become a home for me at Calvin and i’m thankful to start another year with another great group of staff members through StreetFest. thank you, thank you, thank you to all who have helped me, supported me, and loved me during this summer. paz y bendiciones amigxs ☮️ #StreetFest2019 #MOAV (at Grand Rapids, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B16hsB5FslX_2JKDVr6hdZ7X2H8Npuwtjc2kto0/?igshid=5glsbbfvrbrb
