Ok, let’s be relatively transparent here. There are awesome aspects of living in a foreign country. And one is that here, I’m foreign. And yes, it’s fun being “exotic” but it comes at a price. I am often lacking in female friends. The few I do have, who are wonderful people by the way, are…

I’ve fallen in love with a new awkward moment. I think we all have those, moments which are so deliciously awkward we drink them in to the last drop. For some it’s when someone forgets our name or when we forget theirs. In Iowa I suffered a lot with the “say a guy’s cute then…

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.