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Holy cow! I can't believe I've been home in Nebraska for over a week now. It's hardly been enough time to even process the amazing experience that I had in the Philippines. We arrived in Manila after a very very long travel day out of my hometown, North Platte, Nebraska. It was really hard to leave my family again, but I knew that I was going to love Manila. Anyway, I ended up being hosted at Ateneo de Manila University… in the dorms. That was an experience! The girls whose room I shared had completely different hours than me so they were asleep when I woke up to leave and asleep when I came home after our busy days.

I'm currently sitting in LAX airport in Los Angeles with a 12-hour layover waiting for my flight to Manila, Philippines.  Our American tour ended last night leaving three of our cast members behind as they move on to other adventures…and leaving many of the remaining in tears.  It was a very emotional few days as the American tour came to a close.  We all have grown so close to each other that it's hard to think there is only one month left.  So, I left off in Colorado Springs.  After the Springs we headed to Salt Lake City, Utah.  I spent the week living with Daniella from Mexico with a totally amazing Mormon family.  We toured the Temple Square and I was overloaded with so much information about the Mormon religion that I couldn't wait to have discussions with fellow castmates.  It's ama

First of all sorry it's taken so long to blog.  I've been without Internet for the past two weeks.  Life on the road sure keeps me on my toes.  I just finished my two-week internship as a member of the advance team.  I had the chance to travel 2 weeks ahead of our cast and help in the set-up of Sahuarita, Arizona…our first city back in the United States after Mexico.

So, I had a bit of culture shock in when we arrived in our 2nd Mexican City. Cabo San Lucas. I was with my first host family that didn't speak a word of English and being that I don't speak much Spanish, communication was difficult. Also, there were quite a few people coming in and out of the house due to my host mom's open door policy and I'm not really sure who actually lived in my home. Haha. It was kind of awkward, but a total learning and growth experience. I'm learning how to communicate without words. I took an hour to show my host mom a book about Nebraska and I also showed her some pictures of home and friends. I wanted to feel as though she knew me a bit more.

Hola friends! I’m currently in La Paz, Mexico preparing to leave for Cabo San Lucas tomorrow morning!!!  I will take some time time to wrap up Breckenridge and the first week in Mexico!

Wow! I can’t believe it’s been three weeks already. It seems like yesterday when I arrived a day late and was thrown into the crazy world of Up with People. Up With People is a performing and global leadership program.