My story
In Arizona I experienced a drought that had nothing to do with the weather. Instead it was a drought of lifelessness. Every teenage girl and boy seemed to be identical clones of one another. Differences...
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A Lesson in Argentine Bartending (Literally)
It is 4:17 a.m. There are still people in the bar, leaning on their chairs and singing (badly) with the sound system. Depeche Mode. ...
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My Years at Zhu Wu Elementary School in My Hometown Shenyang, China, Before I Came to the US
First day of elementary school in my hometown, Shenyang, China, my class started out with 51 students sitting in a classroom in a relatively well-reputed elementary school. Sitting at an one meter by...
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Go West, Young Man (v.2)
"You ready?," I barked out as I opened the rear driver's side door and tossed the case of RedBull and carton of Camel Lights on the creamy leather seats. "Hell yeah!," my cousin responded, hanging...
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The Amazon Adventure
The Amazon adventure all started out when I was interested in bringing the Christian gospel into the villages of the Amazon jungle. I read about missionaries in the jungles of South America and I...
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Week 2
With little internet access and frustration at not getting done what we need done our patience is evaporating quickly. The weather here is hot and between 12 and 7 o'clock nobody goes outside. However,...
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Saharawi Refugee Camps
First Week We awoke long after everyone else, but it was still fairly early. The family greeted us – a mother...
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