Religion in China; Comfortable without clarity
10/16/18 鈥淎re you Christian?鈥� 鈥淎re you Mennonite?鈥� Every time I鈥檓 asked these questions, I usually respond with a sputtering 鈥渨ell I was raised Mennonite鈥�, or even a resounding yes to bring a quick end to an uncomfortable conversation. However, neither answer really felt like an honest portrayal of my uncertain religious convictions. In the West,....
China: Making my way in the crowd
September 27, 2018 Top Questions Asked By Year at 91短视频: Freshman year – “What’s your major?” Sophomore – “What are your plans after college?” Junior – “Where are you going for your cross-cultural?” Senior – “No, seriously pick one. Why haven’t you gone yet?” I remember picking my destination for cross-cultural in the fall of....
China: Adventure in the great wide somewhere
21 September 2018 I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. This 鈥淏eauty and the Beast鈥� lyric has resonated with me since I was a child growing up in small-town Pennsylvania. I related to Belle on a personal level, always wanting more, looking for interesting things to happen whether they be positive or negative. As....
China – Host Families
Sept. 14, 2018 It has been two weeks since our 14 hour flight landed in Beijing, and we have already experienced so much. This small group of ten unique individuals has begun bonding over our own similarities in such a different culture from our own. So far, everything has been a beautiful combination of adventure,....
Lithuania: Photo Essays
Apskritimai/Circles by Bekah Mongold https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=5886e5d579&view=att&th=164510655d2d12e0&attid=0.2&disp=inline&realattid=f_jj1hd8uk1&safe=1&zw Sukilimo Menas by Toni Doss https://drive.google.com/a/emu.edu/file/d/1magL7kThtRfEbXnJYSCO7sqcl4rGwJox/view?usp=drive_web
India: Rite or Ritual
Rite or Ritual Divine – Sacred – God – Spirit With our words we sew a suit for it but it always bursts the seams no regard for blush or shame, it seems so it’s fitting that this thing unnamed won’t stay cinched in the western clothes we’ve carefully stitched Toothy temple bracelet....
Kenya 2018
Lithuania
Today is Sunday June 3, 2018. We all went to church and it was a good service. We just got back from our week-long trip to Vilnius, Riga, and Tallinn. It was very interesting to see the architecture and learn about the history about these cities. There are many monuments and museums that hold tons....
Exploring Paraguay: Asuncion to the Chaco
Montage of India
Through Post-neomodern Art -Yelisey Shapovalov I present to you the best of India through the art form that we millenials connect with most: selfies. My efforts began with the aspirations of sharing my adventures with my parents who are largely responsible for my being here; however, it turned out that they weren’t satisfied with a....