iWelcome & International Week

One of the things we were involved with during the first few weeks of our internship was iWelcome and iCafe's. Friends International host different events for international students at Queen's University. We cooked the first two dinners and accommodated about 400 new and old international students. Britt and I had to cook rice for everyone and believe me, we are expert rice makers. I still haven't made rice and its been about 6 weeks. 

To help the international students meet new people and expose them to a bit of Ulster culture we helped out in iCafes. For about a week we met twice a day chatted with the students and hang out. I loved it!! I met great people from the Christian Union at Queen's and a bunch of exchange students from China. (I want to go to China so badly!). Sitting with these people for a few hours and talking about their lives and about God was encouraging. Its even better that I randomly see them on the sidewalk and at student lunches. I even got to hang out with a group at the Ulster Museum.

I never thought that I would genuinely love to hang out with people. It's still hard breaching that initial awkwardness, but I dont ever regret it. I have met so many wonderful people and I am very excited about growing in those relationships.