It seems that ever since I left Africa almost four months ago, I haven't actually been able to leave. I am constantly reminded of my t...

Photo via Pinterest 1. It's been a while since I've written a post about my impending graduation and subsequent limited time ...

Tuesday, July 19 Today we transitioned from Rwanda to Kenya. At the start of the day, I only had four things left on my to-do list with Mo...

Sunday, July 17 Today was my first full day with Mom in Rwanda! When she found out I had been accepted to the study abroad program in Marc...

Saturday, July 16 "Y'all act like you've never seen a white person before." I wanted to make that the title of this po...

Friday, July 15 As you know from my previous post , I was pretty distraught about missing the Harry Potter premiere while in Africa. (I kn...

Thursday, July 14 This morning was a little chaotic, as our post-tea break schedule did not go according to plan. In the morning, a man fr...

Wednesday, July 13 A lot of interesting things happened today, so I will try to be concise and break up this post with subheadings: From...

Sorry I am so far behind with my writing. But my goal is to catch up before August 1 because: 1) I head back to school on August 5 and ...

Monday, July 11 After a busy and emotional weekend, we returned to our normal schedule of morning lectures at IGSC. The religious discussi...

Sunday, July 10 Today continued our weekend of thought-provoking memorial sites and harsh reminders of the reality of the genocide. Today ...

Saturday, July 9 Sinamenya uko mbivuga . I don't know how to say it. I learned that phrase today (Wednesday) in lecture, and I thin...

Friday, July 7 I had been looking forward to the Friday lectures because our guest speaker was Margee Ensign, the president of American Un...

Thursday, July 7 Today, we had the opportunity to visit an open market in Kigali. Exciting! There were so many sights and sounds and smel...