

All the Blogs I Meant to Blog in 2015
When I left home, I made firm promises to family and friends that I would keep them well-informed of the goings-on in my life: I’d write...


photos: it's raining...again
The rain comes every day. Sometimes it pitter patters on the church's tin roof in the early afternoon as we wrap up class; other times it...


November YAGM Newsletter
To view my November 2015 YAGM Cambodia Newsletter, sent to sponsors, family, friends, and congregations, please click the above photo or...


Sure, I'll Shake My Butt
HOW LIVING AT KRUOS VILLAGE IS SORT OF LIKE LEARNING THE CHICKEN DANCE I have been at my service site in Kruos Village for three full...


Photos: The Splendors of Angkor
Long Di at Neak Pean During our second week of in-country orientation, the YAGM Cambodia group, along with our language instructor Long...


All the Stuff You Want to Know
Hi beautiful wonderful people of the world! It's so unlike me to wait so long into my time in a new place to start spitting words (and...


Why a Year with YAGM
Joom Reup Sool! That is how you say hello in Khmer, the local language of Cambodia, where I will be moving this August for one year. I...


Photos: Where the Dragon Meets the Sea
Legend has it that Ha Long Bay is the work of a beast, the remnant of a great dragon's escape into the sea. As he descended from the...


Photos: Hiking Harney Peak
#HarneyPeak #BlackHills #SouthDakota
Self-Understanding in India
“Last night, I dreamt about poverty. A little boy lived in the attic of our hotel and he would come play with me when I wandered up that...