Lauren Schneider
About the Author: Lauren Schneider is a summer intern with World Next Door. She is a Journalism/Mass Communications major at Samford University in Birmingham, AL. Lauren loves writing and photography and could eat Chick-fil-A every day for the rest of her life.
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Posted Aug 21 in Trip Recaps by Lauren Schneider
This internship has been the start of something new…
Posted Aug 15 in Photo Galleries by Lauren Schneider
I don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t this…
Posted Aug 09 in Travel Journals by Lauren Schneider
What happens when your husband decides he doesn’t want your baby?
Posted Aug 01 in Articles by Lauren Schneider
Who better to talk to than the woman who was there at the very beginning?
Posted Jul 24 in Culture Guides by Lauren Schneider
A guide to navigation that even Sacagawea would be proud of…
Posted Jul 16 in Travel Journals by Lauren Schneider
It’s time for “the talk.”
Posted Jul 08 in Culture Guides by Lauren Schneider
Like I always say, deliciousness is next to Godliness.
Posted Jun 28 in Travel Journals by Lauren Schneider
April brings showers, May brings flowers, but what does June bring?
Posted Jun 21 in Articles by Lauren Schneider
What happens when you don’t take the easy way out?
Posted Jun 11 in Articles by Lauren Schneider
What do babies, beets and coffee have in common?
Additional Authors
We're excited to have some amazing authors as part of the World Next Door family. Check out their stories and learn more about their travels.
Barry Rodriguez
Barry Rodriguez is the director of World Next Door. He is a writer, photographer, actor and teacher with a heart for social justice and a passion for travel. Well then. It’s a good thing he’s got this job!
Chris Cambell
Christopher N. Cambell is a summer intern with World Next Door, a 2010 graduate of the Moody Bible Institute, and an avid reader. He has an endless appetite for stories both true and otherwise and loves using those to better know and understand people. Shoot him an email sometime, you won't regret it.
Christine Sullivan
Christine Sullivan was a summer intern with World Next Door in 2009. She graduated in 2009 from Taylor University with a bachelor's degree in Studio Arts. She loves finding beauty in the unseen and overlooked and is passionate about bringing stories of injustice to light.
Curtis Honeycutt
Curtis is a journalist and board member with World Next Door. He graduated in 2003 with a bachelors in religious studies from the University of Oklahoma. He has a strong desire to see the local church engage in issues of social justice.
Jessica Shewan
Jessica Shewan is a journalist with World Next Door. She graduated in 2009 from The University of Evansville with a bachelor's degree in History. She loves making new international friends and is passionate about seeing the global church pursue justice and peace!
Krystallin Baker
Krystallin is a summer intern with World Next door. She is currently a senior at Moody Bible Institute majoring in Communication Studies. After graduation, she hopes to spend her life pursuing justice for the oppressed. She loves adventure and chases tornadoes on her time off.
Lauren Schneider
Lauren Schneider is a summer intern with World Next Door. She is a Journalism/Mass Communications major at Samford University in Birmingham, AL. Lauren loves writing and photography and could eat Chick-fil-A every day for the rest of her life.
Maeven Mendoza
Maeven Mendoza is a freelance journalist with World Next Door. She graduated in 2009 from Indiana Wesleyan University with a bachelor’s degree in International and Community Development, and is now pursuing a master’s in Social Work from Indiana University.
Scott Quigley
Scott Quigley was a summer intern with World Next Door in 2009. He is a Junior at American University majoring in Anthropology. Scott loves studying international cultures and has a mortal fear of vending machines.
Weekend of Service Team
Every year, Grace Community Church in Noblesville, Indiana shuts its doors, cancels its services and sends its congregation out to do service projects all over the city. This team of volunteer journalists from Grace’s congregation told some of the stories from the weekend.