http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Iowa , Cedar Falls en-us Wed, 09 Dec 09 06:01:16 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 09 06:01:16 +0000 Hola a todosI just wanted to announce my upcoming show at the University of Northern Iowa If you are in the area stop by the Kamerick Art Building on UNIs campus to take a look at a reflective collection of photos materials and lessons learned this summer while teaching screen printing in Chile. I want to thank you again for your support and encouragement during my months abroad. My life is http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-445084.html Today is our last day before our trip to South Africa begins. Actually by this time tomorrow we'll already be on our way to Minneapolis Mom will leave Lincoln a few minutes before I leave Waterloo. We will meet in Minneapolis and travel the rest of the way through Atlanta and Johannesburg together. Think happy weather thoughts pleaseClothing is all sorted out tickets and documents ar http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-428902.html Hello EveryoneI'm back in Iowa safe and sound from my trip to Colorado. It was a great week with Francisco what a beautiful state it is.....Can't wait to see the mountains of southern chile nowThe hours are slowly winding down for me to fly It's midnight and I leave for the Cedar Rapids airport at 3am. My lovely mother and Aunt Darla are the lucky crazy ladies who are going to give me a r http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-404474.html We spent the morning and early afternoon in Chicago being real tourists. We started off on the L and then went straight to Buckingham Fountain. It's really impressive and reminded me of the grand European capitals because the area was full of large boulevards and lots of green trees and grass. From the fountain we walked up through Grant Park and into Millennium Park. We saw the Bean and the refle http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-398548.html After a year of anticipating traveling abroad I leave tomorrow for my study abroad program in Alicante Spain I'm excited to learn about Spain its culture and its language but I am also looking forward to traveling Europe in general. My excitement is about equal to my nervousness right now but I'm trying to avoid thinking about missing family and friends and beginning the semester without k http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-361303.html Many of you have been praying as we were were seeking the Lord's Will as whether we would stay at WRBC or move to Emmanuel Baptist Church in Toledo. After much thought and prayer we have decided to continue at WRBC and not accept the invitation to move to Toledo.While we were in the Cayman Islands we spent many hour reading the scriptures praying and walking around discussing issues related to th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-350665.html I graduated from Hawkeye Here are some pictures from the ceremony. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-284084.html Yokoso Counselors My name is Aimee Ladd and I will be your director for Panther Cubs at the American Embassy I hope you are all excited as I am for the summer ahead Last year I was a day camp counselor at the Embassy where I had a fabulous experience working with the children and staff. As well as devoting much of my time and energy to camp I did my fair share of venturing through Tokyo ex http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-279331.html Hi Everyone. Today was our final training day it was a refresher and we went over packing lists etc. We took at group photo and you can view it at www.partypics.com password joephoto. Click on Camp Adventure group. I leave in just over 2 weeks My plane ticket information arrived the other day and I leave on the 7th at 6 AM I only have to stop once in Texas didn't look to closely at the layo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-279122.html Hi everyoneJust thought I'd check in and let you know whats going on. I graduate from Hawkeye on Friday... with a 4.0 for the whole time that I've been there I've been so busy with finals and now its time to pack. June 7 is just about 3 weeks away I can't believe that its coming up so soon We have refresher training next Thursday the 22 to go over things and get a packing list etc. Some peo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-276364.html DDay No this is not the invasion of Normandy that I was talking about in my History Lecture the other day. This is the day of my big decision. As many of you know I applied to the Polar Scholar program at the University of Northern Iowa hosted at the PE4Life Academy in Grundy Center Iowa just before I went abroad. Throughout this semester I have been in contact with Rick Schupack who runs the pr http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-273088.html Hi I went to Aunt sara's class today to sing some songs and the kids seemed to really enjoy it. I told them what I was doing and taught them songs... Afterwards I was famous They were asking for my autograph and the web address so they can see pictures this summer. It was a lot of fun to do this for kids and see their reactions makes me that much more excited for this summer http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-272348.html I talked to Bobbi Meyer and she was at the embassy before and told me all about it We live in a hotel an american one where the military stay if they're going to the embassy but i think they still have japanese outlets. We take a subway to work everyday they gave her a monthly pass. and theres a small little grocery store at the embassy the only thing is that our hotel rooms dont have a ki http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-269722.html I just got the laptop set up that I'll be taking w me.. well I got the wireless internet to work on it. Anyways I downloaded Skype so I can talk to anyone for free who also has it on their computer. Ill be able to call landlines for dirt cheap like .024 a minute with like a .03 connection fee so pretty cheap. My username is jess.ender. Dessertfest went wonderfully. It was a lot of fun I http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-264527.html I received this email today saying that I'm now going to the Tokyo Embassy instead of Iwakuni. I'm way excited I guess its the sweetest of sweet places to go that everyone wants to go to but very few get to And I also heard that I get to live in a hotel Its in the middle of Tokyo I believe. I don't know much about it now.JessicaDue to some unforeseen changes in the Iwakuni contract we had http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-263182.html Greetings from Camp Victor in Ocean Springs MississippiOur trip began at 400 a.m. on Saturday as the voice of god through the Electronic Oracle Tomtom led us south. Driving straight through to make it to Ocean Springs before lights out at 1000 pm we opted for a rolling picnic for lunch where Zan and Susan served sandwiches made to order from the backseat. The ultimate contrast in sandwiches http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-255907.html Hey everyoneHaven't been on here for awhile I have some new pictures but I haven't gotten any from the Uncle Sam night yet my camera doesn't work in the dark since I dropped it so I'll have to get them from someone else. We haven't had the last 2 trainings due to the weather. My solar system outfit was pretty cool I took a hula hoop and put all the planets on it and then a sun as a head band. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-250871.html We just finished our first night of training to get ready for this summer. It was fun the theme was ocean and we all dressed up. When we first got there we signed in and played games until it was time to start. Then we had a speaker who told us all about what to expect I guess they say that they can change where you go if they need to even if you're already on the base but they try not to. I http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-240550.html Japan consists of four major islands HokkaidoHonshu Kyushu and Shikoku which are home to more than 90 of its 123 million residents. Iwakuni is located on the southeastern tip of Honshu the most populated island in Japan.Abrupt shorelines and numerous small mountains characterize the landscape of Iwakuni. Since flat land is scarce rice and grain fields can be seen terraced up the hills and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-236627.html Well when we met up with the group I had no wireless at night and was too busy during the day to blog so here is a summary. When we got to Concepcion we connected with the group that was coming to do a work project at the EPES center in Haulpen. I have a strong connection with this center I was there when it was a vacant lot and Kathy and I were there for the dedication of the center a couple http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Cedar-Falls/blog-235915.html