What’s Your Tell?
When I’m playing cards—especially Spades—and I’m dealt either a GREAT or a HORRIBLE hand, it is hard for me to keep my face neutral. Even when I’m trying to look like nothing special has happened, if you’re really watching, my casualness is a bit forced. I’m not overly familiar with poker, I bet you’ve heard of […]
When I Would Rather Hit You Than Love You
I really loved the people of my host country before we came. I mean, I prayed for them, I sacrificed for them, I fought for them and advocated for them, I spoke in front of groups for them! It was a God given love fueled by excitement at what the future could be. And then […]
All the Scary Things
“If you’re traveling in the region, you should exercise extreme caution.” Travel advice for the area I live in, from www.gov.uk A quick glance registered a group of around 100 or so people carrying spears and bows and arrows. It’s a parade, I thought. But something nagged me to take another look. No, those aren’t […]
A Mid-Winter’s Lament
“I’m not crazy, I’m just a little unwell, I know right now you can’t tell, but stay awhile and maybe then you’ll see a different side of me.” (“Unwell” by Matchbox Twenty) I played the song for my teammates because it explained my melancholy state of existence in a way I couldn’t. I don’t even […]