“We may come from different experiences and backgrounds but we share one common goal, and I love that”

For the past 6 weeks, I have been living in The Gambia, in a little village called Lamin with a bunch of people I’ve never met before. In these 6 weeks…

A New Level of Patience

“I’m Definitely Learning a New Level of Patience” — Me in a text to my brother 9:34 Sunday July 24, 2016 
Patience is a virtue and here it’s been key. Here’s a couple instances.

1. Supposed to leave at 5:00 am to do an impact assessment for our TOMS shoe giving…

7 Musings from 7 Weeks in India

Two weeks remain of my time here in India — one of work, one of travel — and as I look back upon the seven weeks already completed I must admit I am exhausted by the intensity and array of emotions I have felt during this experience. I have wished with all my might in one…

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

As my time in Ghana comes to its conclusion, I have been thinking about all the things I’m leaving behind. The food, the people, the culture. Some of it’s good and some of it’s bad, and here’s a list of it all. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

The Four Stages

I’ve thought about how I am responding to being back in the U.S. almost as much as I’ve thought about how I should be responding…

Post Gambian-Adventures

It’s been about a week since I have returned to the United States and I haven’t been able to fully return to my life as I used to. I still wake up and hope to get 50 hugs from the Starfish girls and be greeted with their smiles, but also I’m loving being able to see my family everyday…

Khub Sundar

During our second week in India, we did as foreigners do and booked a Vivada River Cruise on the Hooghly River, which borders the west side of Kolkata. We had planned this ₹1000 expedition as another way to see the sights in an unfamiliar city that we were still vastly unaccustomed to.

Vida en el Pueblo // Life in the Pueblo

This past weekend, Hailey, Charlene, and I stayed with one of the knitters that works for…

Countdown to hug my mom: 7 days

I think a huge part of me wanted this to be a life-changing, clarifying experience where I would come to…

A Day In The Life of a Gambian girl

I love to workout. In fact, while adventuring in The Gambia I am simultaneously attempting to train for my upcoming cross country season. That being said, I would like to say I am somewhat in shape. But, man I am exhasuted after spending a day in the life of one of…