Here we are. 47 weeks later and like all good things, my year of MVS has reached its end. After returning from Kansas City on a bus full...

This was the week of lots of driving, lots of Mennonite connections, and finally having to say good-bye to a couple of housemates. We...

This week marked our last week together as four people in the MVS house. I’m currently writing from Michaela’s house where we’ve stopped...

The temperature in Tucson was over 100 degrees this week, reminding me that I still haven't lived through the whole year in Tucson. I've...

Sunday, my housemates and I shared reflections from our year with our Shalom community. I've included the draft of what I wrote for that...

This week was the first week that I consistently rode the bus to work. My bike has needed some repairs for the last couple of weeks and I...

No blog post last week as I was back home for time in Goshen, our family lake house in Michigan, a wedding, and a day in Ann Arbor, MI....

Sore feet and tired legs failed to detract from this Sonoran sunset. My brother, Wyatt, came out to visit me starting on Wednesday...

This weekend was full of reflection and processing at our retreat in Silver City, New Mexico. We spent a weekend doing different...

It's been two weeks since my last blog post. In that time I went back to Goshen for Gretta's commencement at GC (congratulations, again!)...

I am most definitely back in the desert. But that doesn't mean I'm drying out! If there's one thing I've learned this year (and there are...

April 12th, Wednesday morning, at 3:45 am my alarm went off telling me it was time to start gathering my things and moving towards the...

Last week I didn't write a blog post. This is because my family was visiting me in Tucson! This group of travelers included my youngest...

The big news from this week: I had a minor bike accident. On my way to work Thursday morning, I noticed a truck in the bike lane ahead of...

As mentioned in an earlier blog post, this is the season of visitors for our house. This week Michaela's mom and Harper's mom came out to...

While the weather is warming up again this week (I can now ride to work without a jacket in the mornings again!) other things going on at...

Last week I shared exciting news about Gretta's and my engagement! I took three days off from work this week and had a great little...

On Friday, my partner, Gretta, who I've talked about in other blog posts, arrived in Phoenix for a spring break week in Tucson. And this...

To people who think there's no such thing as snow in the Sonoran desert, I'm here to tell you that is not true. We woke up on Wednesday...

By our calculations, today, Saturday February 11th, marks halfway through our year of service! We're settled back in after our trips over...