heart bandaids
When I was little, bandaids were my favorite. They magically healed every boo-boo and they even had my favorite cartoons on them. Bandaids had a way of making everything feel better in the moment. She placed the cartoon bandaid on…
Category Stories
Life is Crazy and Exciting
After some major writer’s block, I am back to update you on all the cray life things happening here in Uganda. The past few weeks have held a lot of growth and good conversations. Working cross-culturally is so much harder…
It’s been over a month and a half since being here. Some days it feels like it’s been a week and some days it feels like it’s been 148 weeks. So much has happened in such a short amount of…
stop and sit awhile
The other day I was headed out for my run in the morning at the stadium near my house. I love running. I used to hate it, I actually used to despise it, running used to control me. Now in…
it’s just the beginning
The past year of living and serving in Haiti has been something I feel like I’ve been waiting and preparing to do for my entire life. I cannot believe that my year as a Lumos scholar has come to an…
Mukwano
Mukwano means friend in the local tribal language called Luganda. I have this mukwano. She is beautiful, strong, honest, and kind. I met her 5 years ago when I was first in Uganda. She works at a shop in town…
A Bug’s Graveyard: RIP
After spending a little over a week in India, we have officially moved into our apartment. Out of the four interns placed at our office, I was the third to arrive. The fourth, Emma, arrived a few days after me.…
Hola Papa Dios
“Hola Papa Dios” – “Hey Papa God” Words from our four year old to start off a prayer. It was just like any other night, we were all gathered in the living room upstairs and it was time for our…
Settling in at HEAL
At HEAL we have 80 kids in preschool, 65 in childcare, several women in our artisan program, and around 75 staff members. There are always a lot of people on the property, which means a lot of people for our…
Finally Arrived in India.
*this post was originally written on September 26, but posted on October 1, because wifi in foreign countries is tricky* I can barely keep my eyes open, although it feels like all I’ve done in the last 24 hours…