This roller coaster ride of experiences, emotions, and events is shortly coming to an end. This Friday I will be boarding that silver bird in the sky and departing this beautiful place for an undetermined amount of time. Reflecting on…
Movie Moments I’ve seen it in films before; the nostalgic head turn, looking back at the skyline of a city full of memories, trials, celebrations, and love in your rear view mirror. It wasn’t until today that I experienced the…
Hi all, Wow. Who knew that in just a 10 hour layover, I could have such an incredible day? Yesterday I left Chicago and arrived in London (2 AM my time, 8 AM theirs). My flight for Johannesburg didn’t leave…
As the plane began its descent, the anticipation started to build, as I was about to take my first steps onto Tanzanian soil. There I was, standing outside the airport by myself sticking out like a sore thumb. As fear…
Salam! Greetings from Addis Ababa! These last couple of days have been hectic, but I’m glad to have my feet firmly planted on the ground now. My journey started on Friday, 5/15, when I left Nashville for Chicago. I was…
I talk so much about the weather here – a dull topic in any other place in the world I am aware – but with each week that passes here I feel more and more that it serves as a…
I waited a bit to write this blog because I didn’t have much that was blog worthy in the past couple of weeks. This past Friday I met up with the study abroad group from Belmont and spent the day…
Well what a whirlwind these last few days have been. On Saturday, I graduated from Belmont University with a degree in Finance. Today, I stand just six days away from traveling to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to work with Ellilta Women…
“It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” —Eleanor Roosevelt My name is Jeanette Morelan, and in just nine days, I will be leaving my home in Wisconsin and traveling to Port Elizabeth, South Africa. As I…
WHOOHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To think, soon, I’ll be headed off on a plane headed for a place that I call my home, but that I don’t really remember all that well. It’s been eight or nine years since I was last in…