Las Matas de Farfan will forever hold a place in my heart. Helping the people in this town is truly my passion.
Category: Mission Work
Summer Loving | A Summer Recap
This summer, I was supposed to be babysitting less than 10 hours a week and focusing on blogging and writing a couple of books. Guess what? That did not happen. I feel like I have opened so many blog posts with apologies about not providing enough posts and such but I guess it’s kind of […]
Hogar Infantil la Milagrosa | The Guardaria
Hogar Infantil la Milagrosa, located in Las Matas de Farfan, DR, is the guardaria where our mission is focused.
A Mission of Progress
Our mission in the Dominican Republic is a multifaceted operation. Our main mission is the support of a guardaria, which is essentially a place that serves as a free daycare to preschool age kids and offers them two square meals a day (that they would not receive at home). I have a million adorable pictures […]
JuanMartin’s Toy Drive
Surrounding yourself with supportive and like-minded people is very important in every area of life. It is especially important when you are a missionary and rely on the financial and moral support of your friends, families and other people in your life to make your dreams of helping others to come true. My friend, JuanMartin, […]
A Season of Giving
I hope everybody had a Christmas as merry as mine. I threw an Ugly Christmas Sweater Soiree and woke up to everything that I could possibly want under my Christmas tree (Apple Cider Vinegar, new leggings, and a solar powered portable phone charger). Christmas is a Christian celebration that has been highly secularized. The holiday […]
A Little Update On My Busy Life
Life has been really crazy lately. My days have been packed with productivity. At this point, I am truly flourishing. I am getting so much done without driving myself insane and I thought I would take this opportunity to share a little update. About a month ago, I quit my job as an (almost) full-time […]
My Untraditional Life Path
Over the past few weeks, I have been spending more and more time in the offices of my professors at my new school. I have been in this school for nine weeks now and in those nine weeks, the only friends that I have made are double my age. I had a few things to […]
The Teaching of Reverence For Life by Albert Schweitzer
Analyzing “Reverence for Life” by Albert Schweitzer This post relays objective and subjective knowledge of an essay by Albert Schweitzer on his theory of “reverence for life.” To buy his book, Reverence for Life, click here. You can also get his book Out of My Life and Thought on Amazon. Albert Schweitzer, a German philosopher, developed a […]
Making An Impact
The past few days have been pretty crazy as everybody in my area (South Florida) has been monitoring the path of and preparing for Hurricane Irma. This storm has some of the fastest recorded wind speeds ever and has the potential to do some damage. As we have been clearing the shelves of the grocery […]
Tea Addicts Anonymous 