Category Archives: Zambia 2012

My last blog here: one regret, moving forward, and how to keep up with me! Continue reading →

I’m a nerd. I’ve always known I would be the type of teacher who’d like marking, spreadsheets of marks, lesson planning, and the cool administrative stuff. So, I was pretty excited about my first weekly test. I had prepared them … Continue reading →

The days of work are long, really long, but the weeks and months are so short. There are days when I struggle and feel like I’m not doing enough, and then there are days when I spread myself thin and … Continue reading →

Hey guys, I’ve had my pre-departure blog, my first 2 week blog, my epiphany blog (I’m in peace), my gender equality blog, and now I’m going to tell you what I’ve been up to, and how I can’t believe I’m … Continue reading →

When I was in Mexico there’s a popular saying “mañana,” which translates to “tomorrow”. If you ask someone for something the usual response would be mañana. Here in Kitwe, a lot of people say “I’ll see tomorrow.” So when it … Continue reading →

Adjust, adapt, accept.. Quite a few things are pretty different here, those three things were all I could do. Continue reading →

Once upon a time, I woke up with a fever of 102.8… Yeah, it was pretty hot. Continue reading →

After a few ups and downs, the group has been settled and it had better outcomes than those initially planned. Continue reading →

http://v.tumblr.com/tumblr_m79gwqFVoV1rpapa1_r1.mov “Head and cholders, cheese and choes. Muli shani.” Muli shani means how are you. This was a different experience from teaching my grade nine and eights. It was a bit difficult to communicate with them but it was well … Continue reading →

In the past, the majority of volunteer trips I’ve done were not sustainable. For example, last year, my family ran a vacation bible school at a remote in the Philippines. We came, we fed and helped, then we left. Although … Continue reading →