COLLEAGUE YEAR: 2018 PLACEMENT: UCC Justice Leadership Program, Earth Ministry LOCATION: Seattle Space for tackling uncomfortable issues and learning to lead difficult conversations is at the heart of the Krista Apprentice Facilitator program. As a new Apprentice Facilitator, Krista Colleague Hunter Paulson-Smith describes participating in intentional dialogue with white peers as “a great practice, but definitely uncomfortable. I have to recognize that the skin that I am in,

COLLEAGUE YEAR: 2019 PLACEMENT: Peace Corps LOCATION: Panama Ashley Osler says being a Krista Colleague makes her service something much bigger than just herself. The Water and Sanitation Hygiene volunteer for the Peace Corps assists an indigenous community in the mountainous Comarca Ngäbe-Buglé region of Panama to complete a water system. “As an engineer, my opportunities to combine technical projects with service and faith are very limited,” she says. “These three aspects

COLLEAGUE YEAR: 2018 PLACEMENT: Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos LOCATION: Guatemala ​​Not knowing any international service volunteers, Thomas Dempsey was both excited and apprehensive about starting service in Parramos, Guatemala. “Sharing my concerns and hearing from people at the Krista Foundation conference who have been through it all was a real comfort to me,” he says. Now deep in the “whirlwind learning experience” of a new language, culture, and community, he is putting th

COLLEAGUE YEAR: 2008 SENDING ORG: CURE International REGION: Developing Nations LOCATION: Kampala, Uganda “Having people around who can carry for me what I can’t carry for myself, provide hope when I can’t see it—they matter,” says new mom Courtney Paine Vogliano ’08 of the Krista Colleagues she has known for years. “To have someone say that’s tough, that’s brutal, we’ve gotta keep going—that’s a huge part of resilience.” Serving at CURE children’s hospital in Uganda sparked

COLLEAGUE YEAR: 2005 SENDING ORG: Salesians REGION: Developing Nations LOCATION: Sierra Leone "Small differences can add up to big impact,” said panelist Matthew Moskwik ’05, addressing new colleagues at the May conference. If you can’t change a system, “you can make small changes that hopefully cascade upwards through time and make a difference to one individual or to one little patch of habitat.” A landscape and spatial ecologist who assesses climate change impact at Defend