World-Changers Developed.

Disa Brumment is a senior and Area Coordinator for ISR.

Andrea Simnick (photo) is a senior in Communication.

I’ve known Andrea for almost four years now. She was my neighbor freshman year and now I am living with her. Andrea has played a huge part in my spiritual growth throughout my college career. As we are nearing the end of our 4 years, we are constantly looking back on our lives here in school and how much we have changed. It has been a joy to hear more about Andrea’s journey, and to see where she is now.

Looking at IV’s vision, I see Andrea in each aspect of the vision. To make a long story short, Andrea has grown a lot (student transformed - checked). God has obviously transformed her and her heart while here on campus (this is a much greater story that I don’t have the time to go into detail about now J). She has also been doing amazing things on campus to help renew our campus life here, from facilitating CARE workshops to starting social justice workshops for the U of I campus (campuses renewed - checked).

One of her bigger passions at the moment has been re-establishing the International Justice Mission (IJM) RSO at U of I. IJM is a worldwide Christian organization working against different issues of injustice. There are monthly
meetings that educate and allow people to interact with issues of injustice. Prayer is one of their core values, that way they incorporate their faith into all of their discussions and activities. Jesus didn’t just call us to be good people, but to help those in need. IJM works to mobilize those of faith on our campus to engage in social justice work (world changers developed - checked).

To learn more about IJM and its mission, or to get connected:

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