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My Treasure Box My tresure box is full of friends who were once strangers, unexpected beauty upon the path and those who travel with me in the suitcase of my heart. These treasures have brought more meaning and beauty into this wonderful life God has given me.

Thanksgiving After All

NEW ZEALAND | Saturday, 28 Nov 2009 | Views [181] | Comments [1]

After missing my family and reflecting on our many traditions all morning and then being blessed to hear most of their voices this afternoon I accepted that Thanksgiving doesn't really mean much when you're not with your family.  I dismissed the holiday ... Read more >


Paradise here at Ngaio Bay

NEW ZEALAND | Saturday, 28 Nov 2009 | Views [162] | Comments [1]

This week I read the Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (this is a beautifully written parable about following your dreams, a quick read and one I'd highly recommend). One of the quotes from the book says, "The existence of this world is simply a guarantee ... Read more >


How we Travel from place to place

NEW ZEALAND | Saturday, 28 Nov 2009 | Views [183]

After leaving Golden Bay (about 2 weeks ago from today)Jeanna and I hitchhiked back to Nelson for a night.  We had lunch with the man who picked us up and his 85 year old father and then we spent the night with the Rainey family (Jo, Jude, Annie, Libby ... Read more >


Happy Thanksgiving

NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 27 Nov 2009 | Views [102] | Comments [1]

It's hard to be away from family especially for the holidays.  I have spent my day in my imagination following my family throughout every tradition in the day, thinking of everyone and wishing I was there more than anything.  Calling and hearing everyones ... Read more >


Morning Prayer

NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 24 Nov 2009 | Views [155]

The Lord is good.  I relate to Him most as the Creator for I see Him each day, smell His creation, feel the dirt He has made inbetween my fingers and toes, listen to the birds sing the most beautiful songs.  He is so beautiful for although I don't see ... Read more >


Wwoofing in Golden Bay with Kelsey

NEW ZEALAND | Tuesday, 24 Nov 2009 | Views [99]

I woke this morning to an orange sky above blue waters.  I looked out the window as the view outside filled me and then I drifted back to sleep.  I'm now in Golden Bay wwoofing for a week with Kelsey Chandler on her lifestyle block with several gardens, ... Read more >


A new chapter

USA | Monday, 16 Nov 2009 | Views [104]

After asparagus picking we said good bye to G (our car) Cat, Katie and Adrian.  We stood beside the mighty mountain with our thumbs in the air and our packs on our backs waiting for a ride to Wellington (the capital of NZ and the bottom of the N. Island).... Read more >


Asparagus Picking

USA | Monday, 16 Nov 2009 | Views [138]

After leaving Coromandel I journeyed down the country in our new free car with Jeanna, Katie, Cat and Adrian.  We spent 5 days picking asparagus and finding places to sleep each night.  When we arrived we went to Opal Springs campground and hot springs ... Read more >


An inspiring weekend in Coromandel

NEW ZEALAND | Thursday, 5 Nov 2009 | Views [143] | Comments [2]

About 2 weeks ago I spent a long weekend in Karuna Falls solar eco-village wwoofing.  This weekend was my favorite weekend in New Zealand so far.  Here is my journal entry from that timel: Pure energy has filled me and my inspiration of this place and ... Read more >


One Earth, One Family

USA | Friday, 30 Oct 2009 | Views [131]

The people here in New Zeland are the nicest I have met in the world.  When Jeanna and I are standing on the street with a map someone always approaches us and directs us where to go.  One day we were walking in the rain and a man stopped picked us up ... Read more >


Journey North

USA | Thursday, 22 Oct 2009 | Views [314]

I spent my past 10 days travelling Northern New Zealand.  The first 7 days were spent in a station wagon with 7 others, 2 from Canada, 2 from Germany and 2 others from the U.S.  Although we all came from different places in life and on the globe, we ... Read more >


Bits of my journals reflecting my time thus far in New Zealand

USA | Saturday, 3 Oct 2009 | Views [175]

9-26 I am lying in a comfy bed in the home of Caril and Brian (wwoof hosts) here in Auckland.   Its almost 3 pm and the sun is so beautiful to me today, probably because its almost midnight in Argentina and 1am at home and the sun shouldn’t ... Read more >

Tags: auckland, fashion, wwoofing


My time in Argentina Revised

ARGENTINA | Saturday, 26 Sep 2009 | Views [241] | Comments [4]

Jeanna and I arrived in Argentina about 2 weeks ago.  We got in at 4:30 am and realized quickly that we should have learned more Spanish and packed warmer clothes.  We waited in the airport for the sun to come up before searching for the ... Read more >

Tags: 12 tribes community, argentina, travel


The Purpose/Intent of my Travels

USA | Monday, 31 Aug 2009 | Views [251] | Comments [3]

I leave this country in 10 days.   The dream for this trip was planted in my heart almost two years ago now.   I trust that it came from God and I hope and pray that I’ll live it out in the way that He intended me to.   My trip will start ... Read more >


The Winds of Change are Blowing

USA | Monday, 31 Aug 2009 | Views [126]

My alarm wakes me this morning.  Dawn has yet to break and I am resistant, as always, to leave the comforts of my bed. I sit here now by the window side and wait for morning.  She is slowly appearing and the birds are creating a beautiful song in ... Read more >

Tags: morning, season of change, sunrise, thankfulness


How do we see one another?

USA | Saturday, 28 Mar 2009 | Views [322] | Comments [1]

The following letters are a cry against the injustice I have seen in our social systems against the homeless.  I believe God's heart is so very tender for the 'least of these' and that He has shared His burden for the poor with me and I will spend the ... Read more >


Medicine

USA | Monday, 16 Mar 2009 | Views [182]

My body and soul crave natural beauty.   Driving down to Ojai yesterday worked its magic inside of me.   Fields of yellow wild flowers are taking over the valleys of California.   I must have seen at least 15 different kinds of wild ... Read more >


Harmony in Love

USA | Monday, 16 Mar 2009 | Views [331]

A Reflection of my trip up the Big Sur Coastline: There seems to be a sort of magic here, the kind that keeps your car on the road when your eyes are out to sea.  The kind of magic that grows an entire field of wild flowers alongside a deserted ... Read more >


Living at Hostel Obispo

USA | Monday, 16 Feb 2009 | Views [191]

I love living here at Hostel Obispo.  It's a colorful life as many people from many different places fill this home each night.  The staff is wonderful and feels like a sort of family to me.  Right now I'm sitting here with a smile on my heart as an ... Read more >


Hiking Madonna Peak

USA | Monday, 16 Feb 2009 | Views [128]

I found a place today where I never want to leave.  I am enclosed in a circle of trees and their leaves hide me as I sit here in the center tree.  There's a window in the leaves before me that brings sunlight to my bare feet and I can look out to the ... Read more >


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