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Yesterday

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. . . we were mostly on the road with a quick stop for a scenic view of the Himalayan Mountain Range.  Dinner was at an international restaurant in Ta Gong:  yak burgers to get a taste of home. This morning we stopped by a nunnery where Tempa, our guide, explained aspects of Buddhism to...

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It's the Small Things that Count

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Detroit impacted me in multiple ways, both in physically and mentally. The biggest way I was impacted was probably, how my appreciation of everything changed. And when I say everything, I mean everything especially the little things in life we don’t notice and perhaps even take for granted. For example, I have the luxury of...

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Reflections from my homestay

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Today was our second day of working on the school with the village chief and the all of the students in our homestays and village. We were feeling pretty sore from carrying buckets up the riverbank yesterday but we managed to load four “robo cows” full of dirt to make concrete. Later in the day...

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