Updates from a young author and educator.
GUESS WHAT!!!!! I am planning another 6 month mission trip, this time as a volunteer Elementary teacher in Honduras! Click here for details or to help support this venture. To read the previous "Lessons Learned in Africa" posts, click on the following links: Lesson 1 & 2, Lesson 3, Lesson 4, Lesson 5. Read on …
Continue reading "Lessons Learned in Africa: Lesson #6 & #7"
If you just started reading about our adventure with this post, you might want to start with Lesson #1 & #2, Lesson #3, and Lesson #4 before continuing.... Ok, so here is one of the biggest lessons that I learned during my time in the DRC and other parts of Eastern Africa. Lesson #5: You …
Click on the links for Part 1 and Part 2, if you missed them. And the story continues with Lesson #4 from our time in Africa (mostly in the DRC, but we also traveled through 4 other countries in Eastern Africa). Lesson #4: Your preconceived ideas about people will affect what you think people are …
If you missed Part 1, you can read it here. The Lord spoke many lessons to my mom and I during our months in the Democratic Republic of Congo, helping out at Congo Frontline Missions (CFM). Here is one of the biggest lessons, pertinent no matter where you are in the world! Lesson #3: Don’t …
Alison Levine, one of the first American Women’s Everest Expedition Team Captains said, “Standing on top of a mountain isn’t important; it’s about the journey…and the lessons you learn along the way.” My mom and I had a lot of mountain-top experiences during our months in Africa (6 months for me, and 3 for Mom), …
Hey everyone! My birthday is this week! To celebrate, I want to give a gift to one of my readers--maybe even you! What's the gift? A signed copy of my third book, "Cheeper: Seasons of Song." Cheeper is the story of an orphaned baby robin that my family and I rescued and raised after a …
(Written back in December, 2016–haven’t gotten around to sharing until now.) When my friend who heads up the Congo Frontline Missions newsletter begged me to write an article about my experiences in Africa, I really didn’t know what to do. “I don’t know what to write about, Mom,” I wailed on the phone in my daily …
Folks, I am DONE with my Elementary Education degree! I just completed my last class (Vector Illustration, ARTS 332). As the title of this post suggests, my final project was to create a portfolio of all my work throughout the class. The instructions said, "The portfolio must be designed with an appropriate level of aesthetic. Create …
This project took me forever to do, but I really like the finished product. The idea was to create an "infographic" showing how to complete a process of 5 or more steps--something that we are good at. Here were a few of my ideas. I decided to go with the How to Organize a Bedroom …
This assignment asked us to create a pattern collection--a main print (contains all elements of the pattern), secondary print (contains same colors/style, but has fewer elements), and blender print (complementary print using only one or two elements/colors). I started by putting a couple ideas onto paper. You can see that I played with two types of patterns: Organic …
