The graces of this re entry weekend can be summed up by one word: gratitude. The transition home from mission to grad school was incredibly fast, but returning here to where the Lord first called me to mission...
At orientation, I was confused to hear one of the missionaries say that we love “for nothing” or, as she worded it, “we love just because.” This didn’t make sense to me. Why would we go to such an extreme ...
At this stage, when I lack words, most of what I can do is just marvel at the way our friends carry the burdens they bear. Milagros is one of my favorite people to visit in the neighborhood. ...
It was a pleasant surprise to arrive in Villa Jardín and find myself feeling nothing but joy despite encountering living conditions which would have previously made me extremely uncomfortable. ...
We all piled into our makeshift bus and lurched off. The atmosphere within the bus was electric! Imagine thirty twelve- to sixteen-year-olds, who had waited all year for this...