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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 […]
Jenelle
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 […]
Jenelle
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 […]
Jenelle
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 […]
Jenelle
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 […]
Jenelle
August 22, 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 […]
Jenelle
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 […]
Jenelle
August 12, 2007
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Home, a Definition; or Home is Where the Obedie Dances
I’m writing from London Heathrow, en route to Lisbon, and then on to Christian Associates’ annual staff conference. I can’t wait to return to Portugal. I have that excited/exhausted nausea from skipping across time zones during the night. I feel a bit like a little girl on those groggy mornings when I knew I was […]
Jenelle
August 5, 2007
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I Am Where My Feet Take Me
I have just returned after an intense last week of class with my wonderful Fuller cohort in Pasadena. Please forgive me for the extended blog absence. As one of you mentioned, seeing that bloody Harry Potter post each day for the last week has been quite irritating and horrendous. My apologies. I might offer the […]
Jenelle
July 29, 2007
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Fuggedaboutit
On Saturday I wandered up to NYC with my Dad and little brother for a Yankees game. With all of the insipid construction, the subway was nearly more difficult to navigate than most of the foreign undergrounds I’ve traversed in other languages. Starting in Brooklyn and headed toward the Bronx, I needed assurance that we […]
Jenelle
July 2, 2007
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Girls Retreating to Williamsburg
Tomorrow I’m taking a couple car loads of teenagers down to colonial Williamsburg for a Girls Retreat. I’m a very happy Nelly that dear Elise is flying across the country to join us, all the way from California, on her way back to Portugal. She’ll do a lot of sharing from her life, from her […]
Jenelle
June 8, 2007
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Golf is Fun
Today I played in a golf tournament to benefit Young Life. It was my first time out all season. I was happy to make a couple of birdies and 20 footers. (I hit some real duffs and embarrasing putts, too.) I won the long drive competetition for both the men and women. That was fun. […]
Jenelle
June 1, 2007