Class of 2013
Storying Facilitator in Central Asia Track: Languages - Linguistics
Region: Asia - Central
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Home is Wherever There's Yarn and a Bookshelf
Posted on November 28, 2013
I am not exactly sure when it happened, but sometime in the last two weeks or so South Asia really became my home. And I know I had been living here for two months already but I don't know if I really called it "home" or not. But all the sudden it became like home. And really it's pretty little things that make it home... Things like having a kitchen where we can make Chai three times a day, things like a flowery pillow that matches my very pink blanket, things like having a living room to dance in, things like having neighbors and having people in the area who know us and who we look forward... Read moreStepping into Peace
Posted on October 27, 2013
South Asia is a very loud place. The car horns and the venders yelling and the random music coming from different directions, it all fits together perfectly to be loud. I wish there was a better word to describe it because honestly I just can't put it into words, it's just full of noise and its not necessarily bad but it's definitely new to me. That is why the new reoccurring theme in my life here has been pretty surprising. Who would have thought that in all this chaos I would experience peace. In all the transitioning, in all the busyness, in all the noise I have felt peace, peace like... Read moreWe all have a story
Posted on October 6, 2013
There was once a man named Jesus walking with a very large crowd following him. In the crowd was a woman who had been very sick for twelve years, she had gone to many doctors but nothing had made her better, in fact, she had gotten worse. She had heard of Jesus and said "if i ever touch his clothes I will be made well" and so she went to where he was and while in the crowd touched his clothes. Immediately her disease stopped and she knew she was healed. Jesus, feeling the power leave his body turned around to see who had done it and said, "who touched my clothing?" But the disciples said, "... Read more