Kate Wurm
2019 - 2020
Mumbai, India
Stories of Justice - Fighting Modern Day Slavery in India
Kate Wurm (2019-2020: Mumbai, India) will work as a communications intern in the Southeast Asia field office for sponsoring organization International Justice Mission, working to promote the end of sex trafficking in India.
I’m the youngest of 3 girls in a family of 6, if you count our corgi named Huckleberry. I grew up attending a small private christian school from the first days of kindergarten to the last days of high school. I wore the same plaid skort for the first half of my life. At the same time, my family attended and served at our local church, where my mom still works to this day.
Sarah, the eldest sister, attended New York University. Emily, the middle sister, attended DePaul University. I, the youngest, didn’t even want to go to college. I was hoping to be a part of a ministry movement called Youth With A Mission (YWAM for short).
My pride had me convinced that I didn’t have much to learn in the areas I was passionate about: Theology, people, traveling, etc… but boy was I wrong. My parents, ever so gracefully, encouraged me to give college a try. Within my first year and a half at Belmont University, I had already changed my major 3 times. It wasn’t until I began majoring in Religion and the Arts that I realized I never want to stop learning about the things I love.
In February of 2018, I went to India for the first time. I was overwhelmed in the best way possible by all the colors, sounds, smells, and tastes of India. The vibrancy of the country pulled me in, but the people are what made me fall in love. I returned to India a few months later in May, and felt an even bigger pull to return.
International Justice Mission has given me the opportunity to combine a few of my favorite things in this world: Jesus, storytelling, and India. I am equally excited and terrified for the adventure that lies ahead.
More about me....
Home Town: Troy, MI
Major(s): Religion & the Arts
My Stories
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Potluck Resume
The decision has officially been made: we (interns) won’t be able to return to India to complete our internship. The good news is…
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How Do You Feel About Feelings?
I have been back in the US for over two months. That’s a wild concept to grasp considering I had a pretty solid
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I’m Home For Now
As of a few weeks ago, I am home. There’s a lot of joy and sorrow in that sentence. I left India about
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Bring It On
Back in September, I was fairly confident in my ability to keep to the promise of maintaining the “bi-weekly” part of a bi-weekly
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As For Now…
I’m back in India! After I developed a gnarly throat fungus (refer to previous blog post), I flew home. I saw two doctors
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2020: The Year of Polly Pockets
I feel like just yesterday I was typing up my last blog post. After our big November events and Thanksgiving, I assumed life
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Gym Class Dodgeball
These last few months have me all confused with the concept of time. The days feel like weeks, yet the weeks feel like
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It’s been over a month and a half since being here. Some days it feels like it’s been a week and some days
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A Bug’s Graveyard: RIP
After spending a little over a week in India, we have officially moved into our apartment. Out of the four interns placed at
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Finally Arrived in India.
*this post was originally written on September 26, but posted on October 1, because wifi in foreign countries is tricky* I can
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Am I impressive now?
Two weeks later and the closest I’ve been to Indian culture was the chai tea latte I had at Starbucks last Monday. Nothing
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Goodbye Fingernails, Hello Detroit.
Today is the day! Well, today was supposed to be the day. I had my flights all booked, my travel snacks all picked
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Barbie Cars and To-Do Lists
When I was a little girl, very few things in the world scared me. Spiders usually prompted a yelp followed by a few
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Tiny Wurm, Big World
Welcome to my very first blog! I am slowly learning how to put the stories, ideas, and thoughts I encounter into words for
