Service Trip to Nepal and Family Sabbatical in South America

Friends to Miss

Friends to Miss

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Mar 12, 2012
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It’s only been like two days, but I miss all my friends already! On my last day of school, I had a good day. I wore my CocaCola pajamas to school, even though its against dress code. (what are they going to do, suspend me my last day?) I had a lot of support from […]

Gone

Gone

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Mar 11, 2012
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We have left Asheville for the final time in the next 10 months. Thus begins the journey. We will spend a few weeks visiting family and seeing sites, before heading out to Peru for a few months. When I was in the car the other day, I heard an ambulance go by. As I do […]

What a Blur!

What a Blur!

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Mar 7, 2012
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This whole experience has been a blur so far.  Have you ever felt that your life was like that? Many parents say that their children grow up so fast. Like it’s a blur for them. For others, it is the week they moved, or summer camp. You know what that is for you. For me, this […]

Moved Out

Moved Out

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Feb 29, 2012
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It was hard moving out of our house. We had to clean out 9 years of files, school projects, and more. Imagine everything you have in your house, pictures, dishes, furniture, yes everything. That’s what it felt like. Our weekends consisted of cleaning out, and sports breaks. We moved out of our house about a […]

Pre-Departure Steps

Pre-Departure Steps

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Jan 20, 2012
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The first and hardest steps of pre-departure preparation have been 1) purging our home, 2) listing our many responsibilities and accounts to settle up, and 3) preparing our hearts to say “so-long” to many dear friends whom we will miss sorely. The busy-ness of logistics planning helps to keep the sadness of goodbyes at bay, […]

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