Posts tagged mexico
WARSAW CITY HALL SHOW: "MEXICO"

I graduated college two weeks ago. This is fact rather than pride because it means that I have to get busy on "real life." During my senior show a couple months back, the mother of one of my friends approached me about coming to the show. The only thing she told me at that point was that she wrote for the Warsaw Times-Union and wondered if she could do an interview with me. Of course I said yes!

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UNDOCUMENTED WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES

Lots of people (ie Jessie) have asked to see the finished series of my Mexican women series. After an extended hiatus it's time to get back on track. After teaching English to this group of Mexican women for almost three years I decided it was my duty to show America the faces behind the words "undocumented immigrants."

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TRAVEL: OAXACA, MEXICO TO HURON, OHIO

As a missionary kid I have been blessed with the opportunities to travel and see the world. Admittedly, living in Mexico does not provide an impressive array of countries to see, especially when I go to college in Indiana. But 3,000 miles distance from home to school means that there is plenty to see!

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DOCUMENTING A GIFT: A BIBLE DEDICATION

One Sunday my parents and I went out to the town of Chuxnaban Queztaltepec, in the state of Oaxaca. We drove up and down a whole range of mountains for about three hours before we arrived. We left early in the morning and arrived in Chuxnaban in time for breakfast. The point of the trip was to witness the dedication of the Bible in the language spoken in Chuxnaban: Mixe.

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