I have a hypotheical situation to present to you.  Let’s say that it’s a sunny afternoon on the N*le River and you’re just chilling with your friends. Maybe Hannah’s listening to her iPod… And Nicholas is falling asleep while reading… And maybe you’re just watching the river and the people in it go by… When [...]

Hi interlings! This is Amy Beth’s friend Kelly. As you know, Amy Beth is out traveling the world. Well, maybe not the world just the country of E&ypt. She doesn’t have access to the internet right now but has asked me to post some updates. I spoke on the phone with her this morning about [...]

You’re heading to bed: we’re sitting in the airport, headed to Dah*b for a couple of days of snorkeling.  If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know how crazy I am about all things aquatic. They just called for us to board!

My loves, I have missed you!  Sure, it’s only been a few days since we talked last, but even a few days makes me realize how much I miss getting to talk to you on a daily basis!  I’ve been on a cruise ship (!) for the past few nights as part of our trip [...]

Today’s guest poster isn’t just a fantastic blog author, but also a former roommate of mine! Sarah Beth and I lived together twice during our college years and, even though we live several states away from each other now, we’re still very much in touch with each other’s lives, mainly through our blogs. When I [...]

You’ve heard so much about our newlywed Katie over the last few months that it’s only fair that you finally meet her other half! Eric is a fantastic writer and truly one of the most charismatic people I’ve ever known. He’s in a very transitional season of life right now: graduating from college, beginning a [...]

I absolutely adore Sarah’s blog about taking her little family on the road for her husband’s job, but I like Sarah as a person even more. She’s been an incredible encouragement to me over the last few months with her uncanny ability to “read between the lines” of some of my posts. It’s not uncommon [...]

I’m writing this from the very back of the bus as we begin making our way back to our flats. We’ve just spent a good portion of our day in Garbage City, a sentence that I can’t even begin to explain. In fact, I’m tempted to just close my laptop screen and give up on [...]

Since we’re studying religion while we’re here, we’re focusing on Isl*m, which is the predominant religion here.  We had the option to visit a service at a mosque a couple of days ago, something Cate and I decided to do after spending a lot of hard time thinking about whether we even wanted to see [...]

It’s late Sunday afternoon here, just as most of you on the other side of the world are waking up, and I think the homesickness has finally started to settle in a bit on this quiet afternoon.  Josh, asleep with his cell phone clutched to his chest, admitted that he cried a bit this morning [...]