alyssaqed.wordpress.com
in situ | life, love and quasi experimental design
https://alyssaqed.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/in-situ
Travels in the land of international development research. Life, love and quasi experimental design. I’m pleased to say that, after much hard work on the part of everyone involved, we finally launched our baseline survey on Monday. Since then, I’ve been able to accompany our enumerator teams on a few long days. Some of my fieldwork observations:. Two hired cars will arrive at 8 am to deliver supervisors and enumerators to a village for an early start to surveying. Villages are complex clusters. It is unc...
trishainjordan.blogspot.com
SALT: Journey in Jordan: December 2010
http://trishainjordan.blogspot.com/2010_12_01_archive.html
SALT: Journey in Jordan. Thursday, December 9, 2010. Holiday season is here in Jordan! Christmas also often includes baking. The school is holding a Christmas bazaar tomorrow and my boss asked us to bake cookies to sell. 7 kilos of cookies to be exact. Over two days, and about 16 hours, Samira and I baked. A lot. The result? Approximately 715 cookies. Now that's a ton of baking. Wednesday, December 8, 2010. My amazing hosts, Ann and Rusty Ingraham! Sunday, December 5, 2010. Just last week the pillowcase ...
trishainjordan.blogspot.com
SALT: Journey in Jordan: October 2010
http://trishainjordan.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_archive.html
SALT: Journey in Jordan. Monday, October 25, 2010. Side note: You may be asking, “Why was it co-hosted by the Australian and German Embassy? Is there a special relationship between the two countries? 8221; I, too, was confused by that…and after asking some of my German friends they said there’s no special relationship…it is just a little tradition for the two Embassies to join together to celebrate the famous German festival. I bet Jeff and Peta are going to be here! The evening was topped off with the m...
trishainjordan.blogspot.com
SALT: Journey in Jordan
http://trishainjordan.blogspot.com/2011/06/places-we-live.html
SALT: Journey in Jordan. Sunday, June 12, 2011. The places we live. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Map of the middle east. I am a twenty-something living in Jordan, spending the year participating in SALT [Serving and Learning Together], a progarm supported by Mennonite Central Committee. View my complete profile. Websites to check out:. To a Jubilant Sea. My Year in Nepal. A Song in the Desert. Sabay Chet: Stories from the Kingdom of Wonder. Overview video of AES. The places we live.
trishainjordan.blogspot.com
SALT: Journey in Jordan: August 2010
http://trishainjordan.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html
SALT: Journey in Jordan. Sunday, August 29, 2010. So I finally decided to upload photos to a Facebook albam for the time being. It was way easier and took less time. So.without further ado, just click on the link below and it should take you to my pictures. If you're unable to view them, then we should be Facebook friends.even if we're already real friends [which is better than Facebook friends.but for photo sharing Facebook friends is necessary]. The beginnig of my SALT journey in photos. I feel like a ...
trishainjordan.blogspot.com
SALT: Journey in Jordan: March 2011
http://trishainjordan.blogspot.com/2011_03_01_archive.html
SALT: Journey in Jordan. Thursday, March 31, 2011. Friend visits = wonderful! One of my closest friends from home came to Amman for a few days. Catherine. Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Mother's Day Celebration at School. Sunday, March 13, 2011. As I walked out of church last week, I had a familiar sinking feeling in my stomach. I miss my church. I miss leaving church feeling rejuvenated by the Holy Spirit. I miss listening to a sermon that is expository and Gospel centered. The time I spent last year attending.
trishainjordan.blogspot.com
SALT: Journey in Jordan: Dead2Red
http://trishainjordan.blogspot.com/2011/03/dead2red.html
SALT: Journey in Jordan. Sunday, March 6, 2011. Run from the Dead Sea to the Red Sea. 242km [150 miles]. 10 people. Continuous running. Start on the shores of the Dead Sea [an altitude of -415m below sea level]. Run. Through the night. Through the desert to an altitude of 120m above sea level. Arrive at the shores of the Red Sea…specifically at the Gulf of Aqaba. That was the challenge. Our team’s strategy? Finish. Don’t die. Have fun. :). 8220;When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the m...
trishainjordan.blogspot.com
SALT: Journey in Jordan: May 2011
http://trishainjordan.blogspot.com/2011_05_01_archive.html
SALT: Journey in Jordan. Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Sorry it's been about a month since I've last written. I had intentions of writing, but so much has happened that it kept on getting pushed further down on the to-do list. Here are some quick updates:. Samira [my roomie], Ben and I at Petra. 2 The big news is that while Ben was here visiting. he proposed! We're planning on getting married in the fall and couldn't be more excited! Ben and I right after we got engaged. 5 With about a week left before I head...
SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT