Christmas arrived today from Australia! And Browns from down under made my week! I’ve been meaning to buy chapstick for weeks now (yes, I admit I’ve been using plain vaseline), an adorable pin (which is actually all the rage down here in Peru!) and delicious smelling lotion all wrapped up in a super convenient and…

While my parents prepare for a snow covered Christmas, I experience a white Christmas for very different reasons. My Christmas is white mostly because I have no tan, and as it turns out it is summer here. And while last year I was in Brazil for Christmas, so it’s been a while since I’ve had…

So remember the thing in the last post about burning the cookies because I started talking and kinda forgot that something was cookies and the rest of the world existed. Well, oops, I did it again. Except this time, they were not cookies that were burning. But it sure was a good conversation! This is…

Sometimes I think I’m a very normal person. And it’s easy to blame cultural differences on the fact that people think I’m strange. “Well, I just seem strange because I’m not from the same country.” Naw, today I realized that I’m just weird, even in my own habitat of the USA. Let me show 4…

Every once in a while I do awesome things just for fun, although yes, it may be partly my job. Here one of my job “add-ons” is serving on the Adventist Volunteer Services board here on campus, which is a privilege for me after having spent two wonderful years as an AVS volunteer. Recently we had a…

I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving yesterday. Here in Peru I was able to celebrate with all my soul! While it wasn’t a normal Thanksgiving (mostly because I was the only one running around work in an obnoxiously festive mood), I was able to share a bit of my joy and gratefulness with…

Too tired to type.46 hours of bus.3 16-hour days of work.Lots of walking/standing in heels.Here’s a picture of my life.

Ok, so maybe no one is deporting me yet. But I am getting sent out of the country. The time I was given on my visitor’s visa is up, and in order to continue my paperwork I have to renew my visa. In order to do that, I have to leave the country and come…

Sometimes I think I have the greatest friends around. Super kudos to Jeanfranco, who after reading my last blog post brought me a random and surprising present today. My very own baking timer! Now I won’t be burning any more muffins (although there might be an ulterior motive since this way he won’t have to eat burnt…