My Life in A Variety of Places

It turns out that when I started this blog I should have named it: “My Life in Huémoz and Other Places,” instead of “.. and Other Musings.” However, since I still have some time on my hands and I still enjoy writing, I’m going to keep this blog going for a bit. I’ll probably even throw in some experiences that I didn’t have time to write about at L’Abri.

Quarantine Projects

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Something that I’ve known to be true for a while, but have embraced during this time is how much I enjoy doing a project/cleaning while listening to a podcast. My favorite podcasts in no particular order include That Sounds Fun with Annie F. Downs (particularly the quarantine episodes with Eddie), The Popcast With Knox and Jamie, Office Ladies, Radio Lab, Dolly Parton’s America, The HeyDay Podcast, and The Bible Binge. I probably listen to 2 or 3 podcasts a day. This came in handy during the quarantine, when my dad enlisted me to help him build his wood shed, which mostly meant me going through and adding three more screws everywhere the wood meets.

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Other projects I tackled while quarantining at my parents’ place, include pressure washing the gutters, washing all the vehicles, and convincing my dad that we needed a tree swing.

Another way I found to spend my time in quarantine was through skype crafting sessions. I’ve been able to paint several times which has given me the oppurtunity to paint some of the scenes I love most from Switzerland.

My final and obviously most important quarantine project: I convinced my brother to bring his dog to visit me. (Well technically his roommate’s dog).

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Virginia

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I have recently moved to Virginia. I’m living with a lady, Edith, who bought a big house with the dream of creating a place where missionaries could rest and rejuvenate. She also does a lot of work with international students and hopes to host her many friends here from time to time as well. She has named the place International House for Hope and Healing. Seeing as the world is shut down right now, she can’t have guests; however, she did need some help maintaining the property and a shelter in place buddy.

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I really enjoyed the drive up to Virginia and getting to see the world for a brief moment. Also as one can probably tell from all my quarantine project pictures, I really enjoy being busy. There are so many gardening projects, organizing projects and well rooms to dust here, that I think I’ll be kept pretty busy! Also, there’s a nice collection of books and Edith being a former missionary and a counselor has lots of interesting life stories to tell.

Today, I went for a walk around a local university. It’s sad knowing it’s so empty because of the virus, but it also made for a nice social distance walk.

I’m still a bit sad that I’m not at L’Abri, but I’m excited to see what will come out of this season of life.

Instagram Worthy Quote of the Day

Another one from Bob Goff’s book Love Does: “I think God sends us an invitation to live and sometimes we forget to show up or get head-faked inkto thinking we haven’t really been invited.” A good reminder in a time where the days might feel a little pointless.

Well that’s all for now folks. Love you, bye!