I like many others have many favorite quotes from movies, books, television, and people in society that have impacted my life in some way shape or form. Some of my favorite quotes are about work ethic, passion, and determination. Some however are just for the witty fun of it as well. Probably one of my …
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Islam in cold countries?
Having class canceled yesterday really made my day! I was able to get some homework and studying done in the morning but going outside for the first time yesterday morning, the cold really hit me. I was definitely not expecting it to get so cold so fast. All this got me thinking, sometimes Christian church …
Deepfakes
We talked about these in class awhile back and I have been hearing more and more about them recently, so I wanted to some more research! Prior to looking it up just some of the things I knew were that these were pictures or videos that people can change and make pretty much anyone say …
ICR part 3
I volunteered 8 hours at the International Festival in Indianapolis. Other students and I assisted the IACA (Indianapolis Association of Chinese Americans) with the parade and presentation. The International Festival was from 9am to 9pm November 8,9, and 10. I volunteered on Friday, November 9th from 3-7pm, and then I volunteered on Saturday, November 10th …
The Catholic and Muslim church working together.
At the banquet that I went to this weekend that was sponsored by the mosque that I volunteer at, and for the Muslim community of Indianapolis. I kind of went into the event thinking that I would be one of the only white people there. That sounds bad, but it was something that I was …
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11/10/19- Service
For this week’s service at Nur-Allah, we attended a banquet called the parent’s banquet. This banquet is an annual banquet that is hosted to honor and appreciate all of the parents that are a part of the Nur-Allah mosque and the Indianapolis area Muslim community. Nur-Allah, the mosque that we volunteer at, hosted the event. …
Parents Appreciation Banquet
Usually for our ICR Lauren, Shelby and I go to Nur Allah and help with their weekend school. However, this past week things looked a bit different. On Sunday was the 27th annual Parents Appreciation Banquet, which is sponsored by Nur Allah. Instead of helping with the weekend school we went to this event and …
Snow-yay! Snow In the Quran?
Is it bad to say that Dr. McGrath’s email almost brought me to tears, tears of joy? Not that I didn’t want to go to class, but the snow outside right now is beautiful. As I have just returned from a nice sledding adventure on the Bowl, I thought my day could not get better, …
ICR Reflection Journal: 11/1/19 Lion Dance session
Today, we learned all about the Lion Dance from Kwan that we are going to perform with the IACA at the International Festival next week at the fairgrounds. Taylor, Maddie, and I learned all about the proper stances, setup positions, and movements to perform this dance in a simple way possible. Kwan was very helpful …
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IPS Newcomer – 4
This week at Newcomer started out a little rough and was even more eye-opening to the issues surrounding the Indianapolis community. Each week that I have been here has been a very positive experience and has really opened my eyes to how open these children are to learning. Today, the classes were a little older …