The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the US government that manages many important locations throughout the United States, the most important of these being designated "national parks." While national parks are really popular locations to visit, I have only been to three officially. (I have been to the redwoods in California but … Continue reading National Park Locations →

Ever since my first mission trip to Honduras eight years ago exactly, I have fallen in love with missions. The Great Commission was the last command Jesus gave before ascending into heaven, so it must be very important to Him too. The fact that there are people all over the world who haven't heard the … Continue reading Why I Love Medical Mission Trips →

Day 5: Downtown We woke up and took the dogs for a walk along the Riverwalk again, but this time we decided to go the opposite direction. It was much less crowded this direction and had beautiful flowers and gardens lining the river. Unfortunately we weren't able to make it too far going this direction … Continue reading San Antonio Part 3 →

Day 3: Caverns As we did every morning in San Antonio, we woke up early and took the dogs for a walk along the Riverwalk before starting the day. We would always look for fish in the river and wondered why we never saw anyone fishing. It's illegal to get in the water, but there … Continue reading San Antonio Part 2 →

Last year I finished my MBA in grad school, and my sister Morgan finished her bachelor's degree, so to celebrate, our family decided to take a road trip to San Antonio, a city that none of us had been to before. And it was the perfect timing because I had two weeks between when I … Continue reading San Antonio Part 1 →

When you travel a lot, sometimes you end up with a limited amount of time in a certain location and end up wishing you had more time there. After visiting over 100 cities around the world, that has happened to me many times leaving me wishing I had more time in many different places. I … Continue reading Cities I Need to Revisit →

Archaeological dig right outside Jerusalem On our last day in Jerusalem, we first headed to an archaeological site outside the city. Here, we were able to take buckets of rock and dirt from the site and search through everything for metal, bone, pottery, or really anything that was valuable. It was a cool experience, but … Continue reading Covenant Journey Part 3: Negev →

The Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock I remember feeling very sick as we were coming into Jerusalem from Nazareth. All I wanted was to go to bed, but instead we took time to visit the Western Wall. This was Friday night, the start of Shabbat, when the Old City of Jerusalem becomes … Continue reading Covenant Journey Part 2: Jerusalem →

The first Covenant Journey group PC: @evernewimagery In 2014, I heard about an opportunity that interested me. It was a trip with an organization called Covenant Journey that took Christian college students to Israel for only $500. It seemed too good to be true, and I almost didn't sign up. This was an organization no … Continue reading Covenant Journey Part 1: Galilee →

Fishing boats on the shore of Puerto Nariño This is the third part of my Amazon trip story. If you want to catch the first two parts, they can be found by clicking on the menu at the top of this page. Day 6: Mocagua Holding a piranha on the Amazon River PC: @jaredgeesaman I … Continue reading My Trip to the Amazon (Part 3) →