Three years ago today an amazing young women was taken from this earth…My connection to Sarah is a bit strange, our moms were best friends in kindergarten. And though my mom moved away soon after the...
Though I have be working at the Hogar for a little over seven months, I don’t think I had really appreciated what it means to be a child who is living there. Until recently that is.Part of my job at ...
Last month I had a retreat with my fellow South America YAGMs. As a part of our Lenten worship one of the nights we were invited to share symbols of both brokenness and wholeness that we have experie...
A couple of weeks ago my digital camera broke. It was an accident, someone was holding it totake a picture and it got dropped. Accidents happen and I just bought a new one, so all is rightin the worl...
Poverty here is different then in the US. It is more visible, harder to be oblivious of. From thecartoneros who dig through garbage bins looking for things they can sell to recyclingcompanies to the ...
As YAGMs we get some time vacation time to do a little traveling and get some rest. Since alot of things shut down here during the summer (which is now!) I recently got to explore somein Southern Arg...
(written by Heid, the head of YAGM, not by me) [1] "Is that really what its like in the United States, Heidi?" asked an elderly friend as we sat around the kitchen table one afternoon. ...
This past week I was at camp with the kids I work with at the Hogar. It was a fantastic week filled with lots of time at the beach, camp games, and of course a campfire. I was able to deepen my relat...
Yesterday I got a surprise, I found a couple of lice in my hair. Now be honest with me, what was your reaction when I said those words. Disgust? Eww? Thoughts like, “I’m glad she’s not in my ho...
An abbreviated version of my blog A Mate Story was posted on the ELCA Global Mission blog!! I invite you to go check it out as well as sign up for periodic stories and updates from ELCA missionaries ...
Accompaniment is hard, at least for me. The ELCA model for global mission is at the same time fantastic and frustrating. Let me try to explain. The basic idea is that we are coming alongside pe...
"We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." ~Maya AngelouI feel like that butterfly.Let me rephrase that,I feel like ...
The wind is swirling all around herthe tree branches swaythe clothes on the line flutter, like a butterflys wingsa single leaf blows byand comes to rest by her sideas the wind blowsthe leaf scuttles ...
This past week I have been sick. Really sick. And let me tell you something, being sick sucks. No matter where you are. But being sick is even worse when you are in another country, especially a coun...
I struggle with my purpose here. In the grand scheme of things is my presence here even making a difference? There are so many things that are beyond my control, that at times it seems almost hopeles...
Stuff, stuff, stuffWhy are you always such a focus in life?You were so hard to deal with in preparation for leaving homeYou were hard to leave behind (I really do love you hooded sweatshirt!)But now ...
I’m discovering that I really like having names for the new things and experiences that are now a part of my life. It helps me to understand and process what I am experiencing when I am able to actua...
Today marks exactly two weeks since I have arrived here in Montevideo, Uruguay. Craziness! (To see where my new home is click here) There have been a lot of transitions and waiting and confusio...
"In the conflict between the powerful and the poor/disposed,to want to be neutral is to ally yourself with the powerful." &nbs p; ~graffiti in Montevid...
I know that I am already falling behind on my blogging…oops. But here I am attempting to get caught up. Sometimes I get a little overwhelmed by everything that I want to write about, so instead I am ...
As I finish my third full day here in Montevideo and prepare for my first day at my placements tomorrow, this poem that my country coordinator Kate shared with us at orientation is on my mind.I Tremb...
The first step has been taken...I have arrived in Chicago for a week of orientation with the other 49 YAGMs who will be serving this next year. We will be at the Lutheran School of Theology Chi...
I was just realizing that I never posted anything about my placement, so here it is! I was super excited to finally find out a few weeks ago and to be able to answer some of the questions that everyo...
Thursday night at work we had preschool graduation. After the singing and the presentations of graduation hats, certificates, and coloring books the graduates were asked what they wanted to do when t...
In case you hadnt heard, IM GOING TO SOUTH AMERICA!!! I am super excited about taking this next huge step in my life! I thought, though, that first I should give a little bit of background on w...
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