Aissa Hillebrand, Reese Fuller Are Tackling a Big Assignment

10/04/24 • 31 min

When Aissa Hillebrand ‘27 and Reese Fuller ‘27 sat down with Crossings in fall of 2023, they were fresh off their first CDSP gathered session. They recently reconvened for a chat about how the year went and what it’s like being a seminarian today.
“If it looked like anything, it'd look like my desk right now,” Fuller said.
“Good point ... a mess, yet I know where everything is,” Hillebrand added.

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Transcript

Kyle Oliver: This is Kyle Oliver at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and I'm here with Aissa Hillebrand, a second-year student from the Diocese of Long Island. Hi, Aissa.

Aissa Hillebrand: Hi, Kyle.

Kyle: Thanks for being with us. Also with Reese Fuller, a second-year student from the Diocese of Western Louisiana. Hello, Reese.

Reese Fuller: Hey, Kyle. How are you?

Kyle: I'm good, thanks. Thank you both for being with us. Let me set this up before we launch in