The Guiding Question
One of the final pieces of this fellowship is to reflect upon our guiding question. Each of us developed a guiding question before coming...
Strengths of Indonesian Schools
When visiting a school system that is completely different from what you know, it is easy to get lost in all the differences. And there...
So you wanna be an expat
Every time I travel to the jungle, I spend the first few days professing my deep spiritual connection to it and my need to move...
Complete Destruction
Jacob and I are staying on Gili Meno, the most "undeveloped" and slow paced of the three Gili Islands, which, an hour speedboat ride off...
Goodbyes and Extended Travel
So the program ended in a whirlwind (unfortunately for me, it was a whirlwind of tummy troubles and illness that ended up requiring...
Kudus - Kretek City
Everyone we have met in our host city of Kudus has been extremely friendly and welcoming.  The three phrases we have heard most often...
I Survived the Munchkins!
The other day we visited the most colorful and cheery Islamic elementary school, and I even helped Kate teach a few songs to the babies!...
Warm Welcoming and Sweaty Teenagers
Today was another wonderful (and exhausting) day. We were guests at the local junior high school, SMP 2 Kudus, where our host teacher's...
SMA 1 Bae Kudus
My host school in Kudus, Central Java is SMA 1 Bae Kudus, a senior high school. The school is similarly sized to mine with 1,100 students...
The Race Post
Y'all knew it was coming, it was just a matter of time. I make a conscious effort to view the world through a racial equity lens, so...
