I've been in Malaysia for over 6 months now and today was my first time going into the villages. Upon arriving we had 6 or 7 little boys jump onto the back of our truck and ride in to the village. The kids are so beautiful, have big smiles on their faces and welcomed the "orang putihs". I walked through mud, trash up to my ankles, broken wood, river water and never felt out of place. Even in the midst of unfamiliarity I embraced my surroundings and...

The itsy bitsy spider crawled up the water spout, down came the rain and washed the spider out, out came the sun that washed up all the rain, so the itsy bitsy spider crawled up the spout again....REMIX. (My housemate, Mel, and I had an interesting experience today....enjoy our remix of The Itsy Bitsy Spider.) The big black hairy spider crawled out of our washing machine, screams filled the air and on came the pursuit of death, out came the water pipe to drown ...

As I was walking through a plaza yesterday in my small village of Donggongon (try to say that 3 times fast) I pasted a tree. This tree was short and had all its vines entwined together because it was surrounded by a slab of concrete. The vines were contricted from growing because of the concrete. How can we relate this to us? We are the tree, who is constantly required to grow and bear fruit. As God is our provider He gives us water to grow and the sun to l...

From driving a car in America, to taking the metro system in Europe and riding buses in Asia, one thing is for sure...no matter what the means of transporation are, you'll get where you need to go. We should look at life as this kind of journey. Different transportations representing different seasons in our life. Sometimes we'll be alone, sometimes we'll be crammed in with people, and sometimes it'll be uncomfortable, tiring and testing our patience (that icky...

I have been in Asia for over 5 months now and decided to start a travel blog. I have had too many stories, experiences and just jaw dropping things happen to me while in Asia & felt the need to share So here's to my friends, family and perfect strangers who can enjoy reading about a life of a girl from South Carolina who wants to get out and see the world; from the poor barrios in Nicaragua, to the high pace life in Madrid, to volunteering in Asia. Now, let...