Jour 12 – J’ai tapé mon blogue ce matin mais c’était tout. Nous avons appris comment cuisiner le plat national du Sénégal chez Michell. J’ai mis des épices dans la tête des poissons et tout le monde a fait quelque…
Right now, it has been two weeks since I started working here at Cerecare, and I have learned a lot about the children, cerebral palsy, and a lot about myself and the world around me. This is just like school…
Rumor has it that there is a city one hour away from Shanghai that is filled with beauty, nature, a deep history, and a very unique cuisine. So I decided to take a weekend getaway to Wuxi, the city between…
The first week of February marked the beginning of the end (of the book, that is). Over 7 months later, it was complete by mid-February! The portion of my job that fell under “editor” had lapsed by this point, and…
Over the past week I’ve been getting to know several Kenyan guides, shadowing them in their work, and laying groundwork for the film. Samson Mwangi is a tall and lanky rock climbing guide working for an adventure company in Nairobi.…
In roughly 24 hours my plane will be landing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. What?! It feels like just a few weeks ago I joyfully (and slightly naively) agreed to oversee the development and implementation of Disciples’ Village’s microfinance initiative in August/September…there…
I am someone who likes to be prepared. I do my research beforehand, I come in with a plan A, plan B, and sometimes even a plan C. So entering this next chapter in my life was no different. Before…
Un Jour normal : Je me réveille à 7h 30 ou plus tôt. Nous avons dit que le petit-déjeuner se passe à 8h, mais il est vraiment à 8h 20, alors j’ai beaucoup de temps à faire ce dont j’ai besoin.…
Jour 5 – Au matin, nous sommes allés à Ndar Ndar pour boire du café, mais j’ai bu le jus de gingembre. C’était très fort. Nous sommes allés à la plage aujourd’hui. Pour moi, j’avais l’impression d’être dans un film.…
I’m in Nairobi! After a brief detour in Switzerland and some truly awful traffic (Nairobi has the second worst in the world!) I made it to my base in Nairobi. Fortunately for me, this is my parent’s house in an…