La Paz, Bolivia When we returned to ‘civilization’ (aka land of running water and flush toilets), we hit some of the sites of La Paz immediately via the city’s gondola or ‘aerial cable car.’ Their system is amazing, consisting of
Choice: Bolivia
Arriving in Calteca After our short acclimation into Bolivia and it’s altitude, we left Copacabana for Calteca, where we would be working on a water project for the week. The village was 4 hours back towards the airport and another
Branching into South America
South America Bound As this was our third expedition with Choice Humanitarian, I think in the backs of our minds, we thought we were pretty prepared. The prep work of immunizations was a piece of cake (for most of us),
Serving in Nepal
Do you know that feeling when you find something new that just ‘works’?! And you are so excited that you want to tell everyone so they can experience the same feeling you have?! After our first humanitarian trip to India,
A Guatemalan Christmas
Eight months ago we intentionally ventured into the world of ‘humanitarian work,’ not knowing how our family would take to it. With our experience at Rising Star Outreach in India, we were ‘sold’ that this was the new way to
California Summer
When our Stephenson Reunion was over and most everyone else had to get back to their normal lives, we had a lot of errands to run and projects to do. We always have lists for these state-side visits: stops to Target, favorite
New York City as Tourists
As we began to work with our summer dates and locations for the summer, we realised we had the opportunity to tour two cities that we’ve never done before . . . New York City and Washington, D.C. To be honest, we’ve toured
“Sunny” Holiday in Crete
It is no secret that winters in England are long and dreary. Last year seemed particularly long so we decided to try to break this winter up with a sunny holiday over the New Year. Our travel friends, the Ashton’s, had
An International Thanksgiving
As Americans, a year would not be complete without celebrating Thanksgiving and contemplating our gratitude during the month of November. It is quite difficult to do in England as it, obviously, isn’t celebrated here. Halloween is even a new presence
Romania in October: Transylvania
For the remaining part of our time in Romania, we rented a villa in a small town called Cristian, which is outside of Brasov. We felt this was a good place for a home base as we did day trips