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...

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!)...

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...

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...

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...

Everyone in the house is now 23! I completed my 23rd lap around the sun on Wednesday. My housemates and I celebrated that evening with...

Today (Saturday, December 3rd) marks my 100th day in the Southwest. I started taking a once second video every day with an app that puts...

In honor of Thanksgiving, here's a list of 13 things I'm grateful for from my time in Tucson. Sun! New community (Shalom, housemates, and...

Several weeks ago I posted about our "weekly puzzle." If you've been keeping score at home, we haven't had a weekly puzzle in a while....

When we arrived in Tucson we were informed that our house was equipped with an evaporation cooler and a furnace but that we could only...

After our week on the Borderlands Delegation, it was time to go back to work. This week I did some research on country conditions to find...

I've now been in Tucson, AZ for 57 days, just shy of two months. In this time I've acclimated to desert heat and welcomed the cooler...

Both the beginning and end of this week featured hikes. On Sunday, we spent the afternoon exploring Sabino Canyon with Grace, a volunteer...

This week I felt like I was getting involved at work and finding a good daily rhythm. On Wednesday I sent more information packets to...

Tucson is the home of the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. That means that sometimes while I'm eating lunch, commuting, or trying to sleep a...

This week was our third week of work. I spent a lot of my time watching training videos but also had the opportunity to visit court at...

I commute by bike now! I feel like I can confidently say this after riding my bike to work three out of the five days this week. Each day...

Labor day we took a trip to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. There we explored exhibits about the geological history of the region,...