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motivation to send erin mail: September 2008
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Motivation to send erin mail. I'm writing so you will be inspired to send me mail. So seriously, send me a letter! The great questions of our time. By the magic of a cellular modem donated by my friend Sarah when she headed back to the US, I am writing this from the comfort of my own home. That's right, as of right now my family doesn't have water but I have internet. Sometimes the place between developed and developing creates odd circumstances. I don't mean to be crude, but really, it's kind of an impo...
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motivation to send erin mail: April 2008
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Motivation to send erin mail. I'm writing so you will be inspired to send me mail. So seriously, send me a letter! I ran the Longtom. Half Marathon last Saturday in Sabie. Which is in Mpumalanga. Uphill. No kidding.) and placed 11 th. He's also been training in North West. So really, I just under preformed. But that's okay, it was fun and I ran the whole damn thing. Raised over $20,000 for the KLM. Just to be clear, that's USD. Michael and I stayed in Sabie. Pushed my boundaries about killing and eating ...
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motivation to send erin mail: October 2008
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Motivation to send erin mail. I'm writing so you will be inspired to send me mail. So seriously, send me a letter! I've had a lot of people ask me to post some pictures. and I'm finally going to stop being so lazy and show you a little of my world! This is my house (and very much my home). Well, half of this is my house. I love it here. This is the Middle School where I work. We're painting our World Map on the other side of the white building! Most schools in South Africa look a lot like this. If you wi...
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motivation to send erin mail: August 2008
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Motivation to send erin mail. I'm writing so you will be inspired to send me mail. So seriously, send me a letter! I've been a wild rover for many a year. I know, I know. It’s been a long time. I’m a slouch. I can’t even claim I’ve been busy… unless you’re willing to concede that reading for at least four or five hours a day constitutes “busy”. 8221; Although, of course, this statement contains some of the romanticism that blinds tourists to the realities around them it is still incredible to think that ...
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motivation to send erin mail: April 2009
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Motivation to send erin mail. I'm writing so you will be inspired to send me mail. So seriously, send me a letter! Oh, and election day. I found out this morning I've been accepted to transfer/extend to China for a year. this means I'll serve another year in Peace Corps but I'm moving to China to do it. I'm excited. I'm overwhelmed. I have a lot to think about. I'm really looking forward to the new challenge. The community, and I am not exactly in. The community, but I am somehow a part. Books I've Read ...
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motivation to send erin mail: November 2008
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Motivation to send erin mail. I'm writing so you will be inspired to send me mail. So seriously, send me a letter! I'm leaving. on a jet plane! I'm leaving for Cairo in a little over a week. I'm so excited. It's hard to imagine being in one of the largest cities in the world when today I was teaching middle school kids and watching a donkey cart slowly pass the school. I'm excited to strike out into the world and have some new experiences. I'm also excited to be leaving at a time when I'm feeling pre...
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motivation to send erin mail: Miles to go before I sleep...
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Motivation to send erin mail. I'm writing so you will be inspired to send me mail. So seriously, send me a letter! Miles to go before I sleep. I feel recommitted to my service and to myself. It’s a good feeling. Thanks to all of you who helped me to get to this point. The woods are lovely, dark and deep,. But I have promises to keep,. And miles to go before I sleep,. And miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost (Excerpt from "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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motivation to send erin mail: humanity
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Motivation to send erin mail. I'm writing so you will be inspired to send me mail. So seriously, send me a letter! Him : "what is wrong with it? Me : "err. umm. well. yeah. The computer won't turn on.". Him : "well, fix it Refilwe". Me : "I don't know how.". Him : "fix it". Me : "I'm an art teacher". Him : "fix it". Me : "I think you need to take it to get fixed" (the three hundred thousandth time I've said this). Him : "fix it". Me : "really, I don't know how.". Him : "fix it". And then the staring cont...
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motivation to send erin mail: December 2008
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Motivation to send erin mail. I'm writing so you will be inspired to send me mail. So seriously, send me a letter! A long, long time ago in a land far, far away I recieved a letter from a wise and wonderful friend questioning me on why I never refered to South Africa as "home". It spurred an ongoing musing on the topic of home, and a dawning realization that at this point in my life I don't really have much of a defined "home". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Sichuan University - Mail Box 278. Angaur, Palau ...
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motivation to send erin mail: This really happened. Like, for real.
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Motivation to send erin mail. I'm writing so you will be inspired to send me mail. So seriously, send me a letter! This really happened. Like, for real. I just got back from a leadership camp I planned and ran for the student leaders at my primary school and a primary school in my area. Thanks to the incredible help of my principal, his friend (who is the principal of the other school) and Megan it was a success. Then, as if my day hadn't been strange enough, Megan and I were walking toward our bus when ...
