life in Arusha
Mambo everyone!!! There is so much that I want to talk about surrounding my time in Arusha thus far, however, before I tackle that, I feel as though I need to explain a bit more about my life here. My…
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Balancing
I am now back in Haiti after a FULL 2 weeks in the US with a FULL range of emotions. Since my last trip to the US was unexpectedly long, this one felt like it went by very quickly; I…
Home and Processing
Hi friends and fam! I’m reaching out you from this side of the world! I’m back in Atlanta, Georgia and maaaaaaann it feels good to be home. Two weeks before I left the home I caught a infection that really…
slowly, slowly.
The night I arrived in Tanzania, my project coordinator taught me one of the most important phrases that I would need throughout my time here, and alternatively, one of the hardest things for me to get used to. Pole, pole…
An Introduction to My Journey
Wow! These last few weeks have been a whirlwind! As I worked hard to plan my trip to Nepal, school simultaneously kicked my butt. Just within the last week of school, I had an analytics presentation, empirical study in economics,…
one week.
“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned as to have the life that is waiting for us” -Jeffery Campbell If you would have told me four years ago that I would be graduating from Belmont,…
Creating space
Today, I am headed back to the US for 2 weeks! Since I have been unable to obtain my Haitian visa, my 3 months of being in Haiti runs out on May 7. Providence would have it that I have…
Patterns
At the beginning of the month I was marking off squares on heat resistant interlining for our potholders when I noticed that I had ran out of interlining at 6 ½ squares instead of the 7 there should have been…
My final weeks!
Hi friends and fam! **This is a post that was meant to be posted a few weeks ago, but the server was down on the Lumos blog site!** Happy Spring!!! It has felt so good to know that longer days…
Learning humility
The past 2 weeks have been mostly same old same old, working hard towards marketing goals and trying to find ways to generate cash flow for the company, improving in my Creole, and trying to find time to eat healthy,…