My New House!
This is my house where I am staying with Liz the founder and exec. director. Don’t judge the quality it’s in its rawest form, no editing, as am I, no make up!! Enjoy!
Category Stories
I’m Here
Hola Amigos! Estoy aqui en El Republico Dominicana! It has been two days, but it already feels like a week! After nearly 20hours of travel it felt so good to get here on Monday! The first thing I did was…
Where in the world am I going?
I will be in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic which is a coastal city in Hispaniola. In the DR I will be teaching English classes at a boys and girls after school program. I will also be working to do special…
Abby in Africa
Abby Selden, a May 2010 graduate of Belmont University’s Journalism program, is the first recipient of the Lumos Student Travel Award. Working through an organization called Projects Abroad, Abby is volunteering in Ghana for three months at the Mount Zion…
An Unfortunate Return
As many of you know by now, my adventure in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia had to be cut short. There were several contributing factors that drove me to ultimately make this decision. The first of these was political. I arrived in…
4 Weeks Deep
“The present only exists for it, not the shadow of the past, nor the shadow of the future”-Siddhartha On Saturday, September 29, people all over India woke up and went about their morning routine and then went to work. After…
Preparing to Depart
July 13, 2026 By the end of this month, I will be living in a country that is a twenty-two hour plane ride from everyone I know and love, and I will embrace a new community of people whom I…
Pre-Departure Journal
Oh my… it’s finally happening!!!!! By the grace of God, the day I leave the country and finally embark on this adventure is approaching so fast. I have to say, I have a mixed bag of emotions flooding my system…
Jambo kutoka Kenya! (Hello from Kenya!)
There is something surreal about preparing for a journey that has lived in your imagination for months. For me, that preparation looked like endless checklists, doctor appointments, grant paperwork, packing cubes scattered across my bedroom floor, and repeatedly asking myself,…
Kenya in the Cultural Context
I think I am finally getting comfortable. Not comfortable in the sense that everything feels familiar, because trust me, I am still learning something new almost every day, but comfortable enough that I am beginning to find a rhythm here.…