What a great day. It started out by getting rushed out of the house because I thought I was late. I ate a hurried breakfast in the car on the way and got there 15 minutes early! Once we loaded on the bus, we got to church an hour before Read more…
What does a great day involve? Well for Hannah, let me tell you it was basically today. The day started super early, 6 am to be exact, so not my definition of the best way to start. However, we got to the bus on time, even early! And off to Read more…
Sometimes in our lives, we have the honor of receiving genuine friendship. I happen to have the honor of having known multiple Brazilian exchange students through a program at my church and a local university. Today, I was able to reconnect with two of them – Nanda and Luciano — Read more…
Today, our class went to the beach, and I finally had time to reflect and think about the whirlwind of this journey so far. I had the chance to breathe and to experience God’s creation while I reflected on so many blessings. I sat back and I thought of all Read more…
Today was a full but spectacular day – beginning at 7 this morning, we all piled onto a bus to head to the beach in Bertioga. After driving an hour and a half through lush mountain greenery, we finally arrived and could not have been more ready to tackle the Read more…
Although I’m sure most of us won’t admit to it, it’s easy to feel on top of the world being home in the United States. Many of us live life with problems few and far between and often take this blessing for granted. However, I guarantee that if you take Read more…
If I was capable of picking a favorite Bible verse, Psalm 46:10 would be it. “Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, I am exalted in the earth.” Recently, this verse has held deep meaning for me, and God has been making it Read more…
In all honesty, I am exhausted. I feel like I am getting less sleep than at the beginning of the trip and the work I do for our class throughout the day now seems to take more energy. I am feeling the fatigue set in as each night it seems Read more…
I couldn’t believe it had actually happened. Nate and I were actually lost, just the two of us, in the middle of a big city in a foreign country where we didn’t speak the language. To make matters worse it was getting dark. We couldn’t find our way back home. Read more…
Yesterday, the students and professors of the Global Honors Program ventured out on a trek through the nearby Atlantic Rain Forest. It was a breath of fresh air to take a momentary break from the concrete and pavement of Sao Paulo City and experience the simplicity and wonder of Creation. As Read more…
