Neener's Travel Blog

I finally sent in my application yesterday!  Filling that thing out was quite the process.  Besides all the expected personal information, there was the infamous Question 12... Questions about my past, personal life, and my faith. 12. Questions Please prayerfully answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper:   (a) Please describe your conversion experience and your present relationship with God (no more than one page). (b) Describe your childhood and growing up years. (c) How would you describe the relationships within your family? (d) Does your family know of your desire to do a DTS/apply for a DTS? Are they supportive of your desire to do this school? (e) What areas of your character are you presently seeking God to further develop and improve? (f) What do you perceive are your greatest strengths and your greatest vulnerabilities? (g) Have you ever served cross culturally? When and where? Please share how this experience was for you. 

Well, hello my old blog.  It's been a while.  Over three years.  THREE YEARS.  It is incomprehensible to me that it's been that long since my trip.  I met some of my all time favorite people on that trip and I am so happy to say that we still (sort of) keep in touch.  And when we see each other, it really is like no time at all has passed. I'd recently been considering starting up this blog again just for kicks, because sometimes I like to rant about things and why not share that with all you lovely people?  Also because recently I've been going through a lot of things - growing up and becoming an adult is hard.  Lots of things happen.  Lots of decisions are made.  And most importantly, lots of things are learned.  More than ever, life has felt like a journey now, and it's interesting to take a moment to look back and see how far I've come.  It hasn't always been forward motion, nor has it been a walk in the park, but it's my journey.  This past year e