It really goes without saying that spending Christmas in Asia was nothing like the Christmases of years passed. The idea of embracing the holidays this year meant that I’d have to acknowledge a new kind of loneliness, but when I was given the quest to find Christmas in Korea, the holidays didn’t turn out so lonely after all!
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The Woes & Grows of Living in South Korea
These two and a half months have been an uphill battle for me–more than I’ve publicly lead on. Nevertheless, I’ll finally share with you what I now call the “woes and grows” of living in South Korea.
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Living in South Korea: 3 Weeks and Counting
I can’t believe 3 weeks has passed since I’ve arrived in South Korea to teach English with EPIK. So much has happened since then, and I wonder how I could ever possibly explain it all in a single post! I’ll try, but thankfully I plan to write more as I experience a new life here 6,500 miles away from my home in Texas.
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It’s Official: I’m Moving to South Korea!
I’m moving to South Korea to teach English as a foreign language and though it hasn’t been an easy (or straightforward) process in the slightest, I finally set out on the greatest adventure of my life starting August 17th, 2022!
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Finally a College Graduate
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel–the tunnel of endless hours pouring over assignment after assignment, writing and rewriting my creative writing projects, hacking away at Shakespeare essays and pondering the necessity of literary theory and boring, online class discussions.
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One Year Later, YWAM Kona
It’s been nine months since I’ve written, and nearly one year since my return from YWAM Kona. Now I can really see, looking back these last few months, that my life is what I truly made it.
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The Adventure From Home
So I guess going on an epic mission’s trip to Asia didn’t really work out. As COVID just began to take the world by storm in March, YWAM sent all their students home. So here’s how it’s been the last four months for this little adventurer–from home!
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Twilight Zone: The Ultimate Waiting Game
“This has been the weirdest experience of my life,” said probably everyone ever right now. The best way I can describe this COVID-19 bologna is like waiting in a “twilight zone”; We are stuck somewhere between day and night.
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Outreach to Homereach
In prayerful guidance, the core leaders of YWAM announced that in view of current global events, we will be sent home for outreach instead of proceeding with our locations.
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When God Said No: From Mongolia to Brazil
Last week, our DTS leaders announced that due to the unpredictable spread of the Coronavirus, several outreach locations have been closed, including my outreach to Mongolia. Now, we’re headed to Brazil.
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