“The Moab trip we went on for spring break was a great adventure. There were, around eight or so dudes who all went to Moab with no real purpose other that just to have an adventure. It ended up being illegal backpacking way out into the Arches park and we managed not to get caught […]

“Part of me does miss ballet. I think it’s really hard when you’re and athlete of any kind because there’s a really small time span and window that you can really be great and be successful before your body just decides to shut down. So part of me, yes, misses the aspect of rehearsing and […]

“I’ve failed many times. I’ve failed twice so far. We learn the most from failing is what it comes down to. I’ve failed a lot, but I’m proud of my failures. It means I won’t make the same mistake again…Life deals you crap, often. I think what differentiates the successful, whether that’s happiness, wellbeing, etcetera, […]

“I’m not scared of Chip (CU’s mascot), he just makes me nervous when he wants to interact with me because I don’t know what to do. You can’t actually talk to him because he can’t talk back. I treat him like a pet, because that’s what you do with something that can’t talk back to […]

“Last semester there was this guy that lived on our floor and he left his widow open when he went to go for a smoke. While he was gone a falcon flew into his room, I kid you not, a Peregrin Falcon. So he comes back and he sits down on his bed and he […]

“My little boy, he’s two and a half, that’s really why I’m trying to get home. Otherwise I would stay here. I have my tent, I have everything I need, I would stay here, it’s no big deal. I’ve been fasting so I don’t even eat. His name is Augustine, he’s in Oklahoma…Since becoming a […]

“So many happy moments! I think one would be after I accepted Christ and fully gave my life to Him, is when I started experiencing way more joy. I was just kind of down in the dumps all the time before that, not all the time, but it totally transformed my experience of life. I […]

What have you learned while living in the US? “Oh, so many things. The most important thing that I enjoy is that I see the differences in culture between mine and the culture here and I am able to kind of pick the parts that I like. You grow up doing something a certain way […]

“From being a story teller I’ve learned a lot about communication and about different cultures. I’m always interested in how you find elements of a story in different cultures…It teaches you lessons. It teaches you things about people and about nature and then about a way of life that isn’t around anymore, like through the […]

“I know how to turn away from the wrong crowd. When I had to leave my church, it was a Pentecostal church, and I left one night and they had weapons in the church and everything. They were going to try and hurt me. I left right on time. I got in the car, me […]