Author: Adventures

Two weeks into my time into my time in India, there is so much running through my mind. While there is much beauty here, there is also great poverty. To be honest, it is difficult for me to distinguish between the “slums” we are working in and the rest of the cities and villages we visit. Between the bright colors and shy smiles from the women on the streets, lies much heartbreak. I was expecting a “honeymoon” period with my time in India, but I have apparently skipped that part. Instead, I have been smacked in the face with the unfortunate reality that these people...

The story of the tortoise and the hare has been on my mind quite a bit lately. If you don’t remember your Aesop’s Fables it is alright, I wouldn’t  if not for my preschool teaching this week. 🙂 In the story, the tortoise starts the race slowly and the hare bounds off. The hare is so fast that he decides he has plenty of time to nap and then oversleeps, waking up and arriving at the finish line just in time to witness the tortoise win. The tortoise shouldn’t have won. Everything was against him including speed and agility but he didn’t let this...

The story of the tortoise and the hare has been on my mind quite a bit lately. If you don’t remember your Aesop’s Fables it is alright, I wouldn’t  if not for my preschool teaching this week. 🙂 In the story, the tortoise starts the race slowly and the hare bounds off. The hare is so fast that he decides he has plenty of time to nap and then oversleeps, waking up and arriving at the finish line just in time to witness the tortoise win. The tortoise shouldn’t have won. Everything was against him including speed and agility but he didn’t let this...

Since I have not had the chance to update this blog, I am posting the last three… from training camp until now. From Training Camp I wrote this from training camp and thought I would paste it here… Preparation and Anticipation I am so excited to be in India. I feel like I’ve been waiting so long already, so at first, training camp seemed like it would be a drag. To be honest, it would be really easy to allow myself to be anxious to just get this ovetrwith and get out of here. But already being exposed to what it might be like on the field, I have felt a little...