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Travel Log #02: On the Way to Tanzania
Well, I arrived in Nairobi, and then took the lovely, long, beautiful (but bumpy) Impala Bus ride to Arusha, Tanzania, where the Bordens threw their arms around me. I happened to sit on the not-as-scenic side of the bus because I missed most of Mt. Kilimangaro. But my side caught the Maasai tribe and the […]
September 3, 2007
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Off to Africa
In just a matter of hours I’m getting on a plane to Africa. My destination: the Borden’s house in Tanzania. I’ll spend a couple of weeks with these dear friends who are more like family, living alongside of them, and getting a feel for what life is like working with their Wild Hope International. I’ll […]
August 26, 2007
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Travel Log #01 – Portuguese Trees/Skies
On the Bus to Porto Two minutes of lo-fi travel, designed to be a calming pause in your day, and to make you feel like you’re sitting next to me on the bus. Music by Yann Tiersen (Amelie soundtrack). Jesse and Trevor’s travel log from Tanzania to California was my inspiration. Oh! Their video surprise […]
August 25, 2007
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Overwhelmed by English
It is raining and I’ve been walking ’round London–traversing the underground wearing my soft pink jacket and carrying the big blue rucksack. Mid-jaunt I spun my iPod through two scratchy-sweet melodic records by Appleseed Cast: Two Conversations and Peregrine. Somehow it seems that drenched urban landscapes should have driving, percussive soundtracks supporting them in the […]
August 23, 2007
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Interruptions on the Way
I’m traveling by train from Lisbon to Castelo Branco, on the way to spend a night at Barbara’s land. We’re stopped. The Portuguese lady on the recording calls it a brief “interruption on the way.” But the other passengers say there is a fire up ahead, somewhere near the tracks. Catherine is with me, and […]
August 22, 2007
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I Heart Texting
This week I found this sweet site called Callwave that lets you send free text messages to cell phones in the US/Canada from a computer. And the nice thing is, when the American/Canadian replies, I receive it as an email on my computer instantly! This sort of technology makes me very happy, because communicating from […]
August 17, 2007
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And You Turn Yourself Around
“Hello,” said Jenelle will be undergoing some turns and revisions in the coming days. This blog’s 1st birthday is somewhere around now, so I’m putting a new dress on her. (She does the hokey pokey and she turns herself around.) In the meantime, you are hereby poked by me to share your most immediate memory […]
August 15, 2007
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Rucksack Found!
Thank you, Jesus. And all of you who prayed my bag of clothes back to me. A nice reunion in Sopron, Hungary, after nearly four days!
August 14, 2007
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It’s a Family Affair: Synchroblog
Is Christianity exclusive or inclusive? In my view, it is both. But perhaps that is not such a terrible thing. “Christian” really means, a “little Christ.” We find the term first used in Acts as a name badge for those who followed the controversial person of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. These “little Christs” were convinced […]
August 14, 2007
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Rucksack Update; or, Clubbing Robots
Thanks very much for the prayers on behalf of my rucksack. I am at a conference in Hungary and have been feeling awfully bohemian in my lack of clothing. But I sort of get a kick out of that, I suppose. Well, the Iberia web site tells me this exciting, but rather uninformative news: Which […]
August 13, 2007
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Happy 30th Anniversary, Mama + Dad!
Today is Rose and Joe’s 30th Wedding anniversary! I’m so proud of them. Mama and Dad, if you’ve been married 30 years, that must mean you got married at about age 4, right? You’re so young still. You’re beautiful parents to me and I’m very glad to celebrate today with you, halfway across the earth. […]
August 13, 2007
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Missing: Since Saturday
Missing : One Blue Jansport Rucksack Last Seen: Lisbon Airport Contents:-shampoo, conditioner, toothbrush, pastey stuff-all of Nelly’s clothes for this journey (nothing folded very neatly)-one pair of very old brown Reefs, almost worn through in right toe-one pair of new Reefs, still wearing in-one pair of running shoes-old swimming costumes Iberian Airlines: Say they cannot […]
August 12, 2007
