At any given moment I'm thinking about another corner of the world - what it would be like to see new shades of majesty in distant places...

Since returning to the states I have been a bad YAV. Un/consciously wallowing in sadness for how I was unable to carry out my full time...

This is the blog post I never wanted to have to write. I sit here typing and, honestly? I'm nauseous just trying to put words to my...

February was a memorable month. A visit from my mom, our midyear YAV retreat, and Carnaval all landed in these last weeks and it made for...

In the first weeks of our time in Colombia, our site coordinator challenged us as Young Adult Volunteers to choose a spiritual learning...

Somehow January is already slipping by (?) but I'm still basking in the goodness that was the holiday season here in Colombia. For...

My favorite Bible stories are about feet. In Luke 10 Jesus visits the home of Mary and Martha where Mary "sat at the Lord’s feet...

November is quickly slipping by and Christmas decorations are being hung up in every home (and shopping mall) as students finish their...

It has occurred to me that a lot of folks back home are unclear about what I'm doing day-to-day here and I wanted to take an opportunity...

Sunburnt, sore, bug-bitten, and heart overflowing. This past weekend I had the JOY of going to camp here in Colombia; hosted by the...

Life has begun to take shape here, my weekdays unfolding with site placements and time with my host family, my weekends taking shape with...

Since last writing, our YAV team spent a a handful of days in the Urabá region of Colombia and returned to Barranquilla for our first...

Now, almost 2 weeks exactly since arriving in Colombia, our small site group has split time between Bogotá, the capitol city, and...

Hello from 30,000 feet! As I travel from Newark to Atlanta to Bogotá today, I’ve had time to unpack all of our new learning from a...

How is it already July? I keep asking myself this question as the days seem to slip by in sunny refusal to move any slower. The great joy...

One time last fall, I was listening to Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations Podcast and Sue Monk Kidd was the guest and described how she saw...

It's been a minute! This season (or "life semester" as I've been calling it) has seemed to pass both slowly and quickly..so here we are...

And just like that it's 2019. Within the last 2 months, many areas of my life have changed. Between graduation, turning 22, and taking a...

And so it comes to a close. Eek! This morning I had my last exam of the week, and now I've got my bags (mostly) packed. It has been a...

I officially have just over a week left in Granada. Right now I would say I'm experiencing the same emotions I would at the end of a...