EMILY says, "I came to Good Works in the spring of 2006 with a group of students from Wright State University’s branch of Chi Alpha (a Christian ministry on campus). We came for a week to serve the Athens community and went back to Dayton with a new vision of how service and worship go hand in hand. We were a worship team, worshipping through paint and lawnmowers, hammers and drills. It was this week where I learned about the Good Works summer internship opportunity and prayed that there could be more for me in the hills of Appalachia.
"I was given the chance to come back to serve as a summer 2006 intern and had the opportunity to meet and be with people who will forever impact my life. This internship taught me how to meet people where they are and how important it is to listen to the needs of others, sometimes sitting our own agendas aside. I went back to Wright State after this summer a different person, not comfortable in my everyday routine.
"I finished my degree in Middle Childhood education and was exploring options for the next chapter in my life. I thought God was finished with me at Good Works after my summer, but I kept getting thoughts of Athens and was curious about this ever-growing community of hope. I joined AmeriCorps*VISTA and thought this could be a ticket out of Ohio, a place where I was born and raised. But just a day before graduation I felt God calling me back to this rural community and I am thankful I had the sense to listen.
"I served for two years through VISTA and am simply grateful for the relationships I was entrusted to and the people who have taught me so much. I am not finished with this community and decided that being on staff for the next two years would make for a new season of growth and perspective. I get the opportunity to mentor and hang out with children and teens, be with those who are lonely and in need of a simple friend and other various ministry adventures.
"Lately I have been learning how God really wants us to ask for things so he can show us blessings, I am learning more and more how to be attentive to my Savior."
Emily's article "What Does It Mean to be the Body of Christ in the World, for the World, for the Glory of God?" Part IPart IIPart III
EMILY says, "I came to Good Works in the spring of 2006 with a group of students from Wright State University’s branch of Chi Alpha (a Christian ministry on campus). We came for a week to serve the Athens community and went back to Dayton with a new vision of how service and worship go hand in hand. We were a worship team, worshipping through paint and lawnmowers, hammers and drills. It was this week where I learned about the Good Works summer internship opportunity and prayed that there could be more for me in the hills of Appalachia. 
