BE - I too this photo at an outdoor book market in Paris. Through 2020, many have learned about being rather than doing as we've been in and out of quarantine, shutdowns, and lockdowns.  Exploring and adventure doesn't always mean traveling somewhere, join me as I blog and explore!

lauren's musings

Blogging + exploring

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On Wednesday I watched an international crisis with my own eyes. I held weary hands, walked alongside feet that walked 3,000 miles, laughed with children, listened to stories of pain, and was present for just a moment in many lives on a life changing journey. One of those moments I will never forget.   After hours of sorting trash from useful items as people […]

The Dirty Duck

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Margit Island is a respite in the midst of a busy city.  I went to explore the island with 2 young ladies from our English camp yesterday. We spent time climbing trees, visiting a small zoo (laughing at funny animals), finding a geocache, and talking about life.  The girls mentioned a very large tree on the island and it became […]

Sycamore.

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WOW!  What a whirlwind!  I’m here in Hungary, Finally (My next post will be about English Camp!).  I wanted to share a story about our arrival on July 8. Travel was an adventure to say the least.  Our flight out of Philadelphia was an hour late and upon arriving in Paris we had 30 minutes from landing until […]

Like a flood.

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Most of us have them, call it an ultimate “to-do” list.  Well, believe it or not mine is relatively simple, mainly because I’ve been blessed with so many unique and amazing experiences already. The biggest item: live outside of America for a year has been an unshakable desire since I met a group of “us crazy kids” volunteering from […]

The Bucket List

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It’s a big question to ask:  “what is joy” How do we see it in our lives?   Don’t worry I’m not a theologian so I’m not going to ACTUALLY tackle that question, but I do want to share a story… Today, I believe I saw joy in its truest form.  Over the past couple […]

what is joy?

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Today, I went to the apple store with a friend.  Her computer had randomly been restarting several times a day for 4 months.  As a college student, Christmas break presented the opportunity to survive without a computer.  After driving to 2 stores, an hour long phone conversation and story time with three levels of technicians, (and long holding patterns) at Apple tech […]

Failure can be the greatest success of all