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A Burundi Wedding: Africa Day 4
What would you do if you were asked to play a role in the wedding of a stranger? In another country? Where you don’t speak the local language?
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A Burundian Dowry Ceremony: Africa Day 3
While we were in Burundi, my sister-in-law Annie let me come with her to a dowry ceremony. This event happens shortly before a wedding, and it entails a dinner and a reception with the exchanging of gifts/bride, speeches . . . and a lot of soda.
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Crossing Burundi: Africa Day 2
If you look at a map of Africa, you might be surprised that it takes five hours to drive across the small country of Burundi.
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30 Hours in Transit: Africa Day 1
We’re in Africa! We’ve been looking forward to this trip for nine years, and we’re finally here. Kirundi word of the day: Amahoro (hello) Fun fact: It takes 30 hours to get from Glendale, Arizona to Bujumbura, Burundi. Actually, it should take longer than that if you schedule long enough layovers– I don’t recommend sprinting
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How to Become a Doctor: Ben’s Journey in Pictures
Ben graduated from residency! He’s now a full-fledged physician. If you’ve been following our journey for a while, you’ve seen snippets of his path to medicine through stories of our lives at American University of the Caribbean in Sint Maarten, to Detroit, to Arizona, to California, and back to Arizona. But I have yet to
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Beautiful Boyce Thompson Arboretum at a Glance
Get a glimpse at the beautiful flora of Boyce Thomson Arboretum in Superior, Arizona!
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