Since mid-April life has been a whirlwind, filled with deadlines, parties, moving, competitions, moving, traveling, weddings, and more moving. The moments of respite have been beautiful- reading on the beach, cozy dinner parties, outdoor concerts, but the general force of…
8/11/2013 Yard sales are a spiritual endeavor. The longer one takes to accumulate belongings, the longer the journey of a yard sale becomes. Up until this point, I have lived on the same street for my entire life. I moved…
It’s hard to wrap my mind around all that has happened these past few weeks. It’s been such a whirlwind. A beautiful, exhausting, exhilarating whirlwind. I’ll start with one of my last days of having free time. Last Friday, I…
This week I got a deeper look into what Fundación Comunidad Viva is all about–from the inside! Bright and early at 7am, the staff gathered around a delicious Colombian breakfast of huevos pericos (scrambled eggs with tomatoes and onions) and…
About a month ago, I was able to take a week off work to go on a road trip through Namibia. My trusty co-adventurers included my housemate Kyle, my dear friend Mmamohau, her comrade Mandisa, and another American, Alison.…
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Departures are so hard. Having to say goodbye to someone that you’ve spent every day with for almost 3 months is not easy. Now multiply that by the number of girls I spent everyday with… We had such a beautiful…
I have finally surrendered to Cape Town winter and accepted that it is here. After going to a Cape Malay cooking class, I walked out of my teacher’s house in Bo-kaap to find a massive hail storm–an unusual event for…
This week we finished up our service to the Alturo family. And what an amazing way to end this experience. After battling an infection during the recovery process, Laura is finally able to return home. The tumor was benign and…
First of all, we finished off the retreat splendidly last week! Besides the intense bowling and Mexican night.. We also underwent the grand and slightly dangerous experience of go-cart racing, several rounds of bilingual games at the park, many fun…