Category Archives: Lessons Learned

Last week was full of learning experiences.

December 15, 2009 – 6:47 am

I mean, every day we learn something new here, but last week was something else.  We are having a tough time keeping up and keeping everybody informed.  We are trying though, I promise.
So, I spent all my free time on Mon, Tues, and Wednesday trying to do last minute shopping in order to get a [...]

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Halloweening in Lima

November 3, 2009 – 3:00 pm

Well… who’d a thunk that they’d celebrate Halloween in Peru?  Not me.  Well, sure enough, they do.  Actually, I think the whole thing is pretty much straight up imported.  Nonetheless, the streets were full of little kids in all kinds of costumes.  We all got together and made the rounds together.

Pretty much the only discernable [...]

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Overcoming Depression

July 21, 2009 – 9:32 pm

I realize that I haven’t posted much, if any at all, about what the last six months have been like for me as I’ve been on the road to recovery from depression.  The main reason for that is because the amount of time, effort, and energy we’ve spent being comitted to my healing has not [...]

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Torcido Is Crooked In Spanish

October 8, 2008 – 8:44 pm

So, why did I recently learn the spanish word for crooked?  Well, it starts out that every Tuesday night a bunch of us students get together and play soccer in the gym on campus.  It’s a chance for us to get some excercise, have some fun and get a little more familiar with an important [...]

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