Mad Libs

The [adjective] MCCers were [verb, past tense] by the bales of [plural noun]

young, astonished, comforters
new, entertained, book pages
glazed-over, intrigued, clothing
and many more!
Play with your family and friends; whatever sentence you create will likely be truthful!

Where can you see weaving looms next to an indoor baler? I'll give you a hint: it has a cannery parked in the back lot.

It's the MRC, or Material Resources Center, for MCC in Ephrata. Truly a fascinating place! After dinner this evening, the IVEPers/SALTers coming from/going to Africa and LACA boarded a Hinkletown Mennonite School bus and took a field trip (cue the music). Check out some of the sights:

We had several options for working in the warehouse. We could stack cans of meat and seal them in boxes, wrap comforter bales, slice the spines off old books so the paper and cardboard could be recycled, or put together/QC school kits. I chose to sort books and pile them nicely for the person operating the slicer.

After volunteering for about 30 or 45 minutes, we got a light snack in the kitchen area. Frederick, from Zimbabwe, and I struck up a conversation, and we soon discovered we have in common our experience in web design and interest in coding. On the bus back to Akron, we talked about his idea for a platform that would make it easier for SALT, IVEP, and YAMEN participants to share their experiences with one another. Back at the Welcoming Place, I showed him some of my code projects and we explored online programming class options that he may look into while he serves in his IT assignment here in PA this year.