{"id":2436,"date":"2025-07-23T19:12:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2025-07-24T07:50:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T07:50:55","slug":"take-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/take-eat\/","title":{"rendered":"Take, eat \u2022 Ethan, Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Open to new possibilities \u2022 Sara Eveler, Germany<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> Take, eat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a pre-seminary student, Ethan \u201918 lived abroad in T\u00fcbingen, Germany during the spring of his Junior year. Prior to the official start of his semester, he participated in an internship in Wittenberg and often traveled to church in nearby Leipzig, a destination for many refugees from the Middle East. What he experienced in this multi-ethnic congregation had a deep impact on the lengths a pastor may go to connect with the members of his congregation. Listen to Ethan\u2019s story. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/transcript_stoppenhagen_finalclip.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/transcript_stoppenhagen_finalclip.pdf\">Transcript<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/marvel-b1-cdn.bc0a.com\/f00000000181213\/www.valpo.edu\/world-languages-and-cultures\/files\/2018\/08\/SA_Ethan_complete.mp3?_=1\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"2439\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/SA_ethan_01_650-623x350-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/SA_ethan_01_650-623x350-1.webp 623w, https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/SA_ethan_01_650-623x350-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/SA_ethan_01_650-623x350-1-600x337.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"622\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"2440\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/SA_ethan_02_650-622x350-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/SA_ethan_02_650-622x350-1.webp 622w, https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/SA_ethan_02_650-622x350-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/SA_ethan_02_650-622x350-1-600x338.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"2441\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/SA_ethan_03_650-621x350-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/SA_ethan_03_650-621x350-1.webp 621w, https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/SA_ethan_03_650-621x350-1-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/staging.valpo.edu\/college-of-arts-and-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/SA_ethan_03_650-621x350-1-600x338.webp 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open to new possibilities \u2022 Sara Eveler, Germany Take, eat As a pre-seminary student, Ethan \u201918 lived abroad in T\u00fcbingen, Germany during the spring of his Junior year. 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