Campus Target

She went on to say that she had gone to church with one of her foreign friends! She said she really liked it and felt something in her heart. I asked if it was hope and she said yes.

As the plane trembled and bounced at 30,000 feet in the sky I grabbed on to my sister Jens hand…

I'm not exactly sure when it started to sink in. It didn't happen right away. But all of a sudden I realized I love being here. This place is beginning to feel like a second home to me. I love the people and the culture. Coming here has put faces to a place [...]

I sat in my room contemplating what had just happened that evening. I shivered as I pulled the blanket tighter around me. The three layers of clothing and hat I was wearing kept me almost warm. It had been a chilly 55 degrees at night inside our apartment for the past week. Apartments in [...]

My teammate Joy and I were very much looking forward to going to the mall. Joy really needed a winter coat so our friend Cherry volunteered to take us. As we got off the bus and began to walk we noticed a large department store looming in front of us. Joy excitedly [...]

It was a cool and rainy day. Joy, our friend Cherry, and I were sitting under a covering in front of a Buddhist temple seeking warmth and refuge from the rain while drinking yak butter tea. Well, Joy decided not to drink hers after one sip and I was more choking mine down to [...]

I had just awakened after a refreshing nights sleep on my teammates couch. My partner Joy and I had been sleeping in Mcphee and Smileys living room for 10 days while waiting to move into our apartment. I went into the kitchen and that's when I saw it: a giant cockroach heading [...]

As my teammates and I sat on wooden stools in the small restaurant on the street corner our server came up to us and communicated that we would have to wait a little longer as they did
not have enough chicken. We said that would be fine as we were not in a rush. [...]

So there we were looking out our teammates 7th story window. My teammate “Mcphee” was looking forlornly at her pants hanging precariously from someones outside clothesline 3 floors below. Hanging ones clothing on the outside window clotheslines always carries a risk. Mcphee decided to take that risk and now her favorite pair of pants [...]