Donkey Nightmare in Greece
In 2008, thirty-six California Central Valley teenagers stepped off a ferry into a new adventure. There was Greece, the country...
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The Epic Youth Group Camping Trip
From June 26-28, 2008, my church’s youth group went camping at Sturgeon Lake. We stayed at a private cabin owned by our...
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Obama’s Inauguration
It was January 19th, 2009. The countdown had begun. A group of thirty students, myself included, had arrived in Washington D.C. the day prior to the inauguration. Everywhere there was talk...
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Oh Canada
"Welcome to Canada it's the maple leaf state, Canada, oh Canada, it's great! The people are nice and they speak French too..."
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Nigeria
It's quite difficult for someone so young to understand why a place they have...
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The Spirit of South Africa
This summer, I received an opportunity quite unlike any I could have ever imagined. Discovery Education is launching student adventure tours to various countries all over the world, and I found myself...
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Foreign But Warming Experiences In Istanbul
I was selected to participate in a summer exchange program to Turkey through my mother's company, Evonik, this past summer. When I arrived in Ankara, my host family was so warm, and my Turkish sister,...
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