Dear Samm,

I have zero plan for this blog posting, zero thought in advance. Felt prompted to bleed humility as i write the depths of my aching heart tonight. This week has…

This weekend some friends and I went out on the boat with my family to hang and "live" our summer up by swimming and kicking back with some soda and…

Yesterday I was scheduled to speak at church about my experience in Palestine this past spring. You see my mind was completely absorbed by the ideas of speaking from the…

So last night I was watching stuff about the US Women’s National Soccer team, things from the NIKE soccer campaign ‘pressure makes us’ to the story about Hope Solo’s father…

Today was sadly the last day in the refugee camp. Us women got to work out in the fitness center this morning and funny how God works... We met a…

i apoligize for not the best pictures.. my camera broke the night before we left for outreach and so all the pictures of me have been on others' cameras and…

Yesterday we successfully moved to Bethlehem's House of Peace Hostel. In the morning we said goodbye to our Egyptian friend Gj as he headed back to Cairo before packing and…

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ahhhh so much has happened in the last two weeks and in just over 2 more I am leaving for the West Bank!!! Please pray for safety, that our trip is…