Did I really travel solo to Romania with no lodging lined up? And did I really stay the night at the home of my driver's family? Did I leave the next day with a perfect stranger, and cross the border into Ukraine? Did I really have no idea what I was doing? Where I was going? Who I was meeting? Or how I would return? Did I really end up in a college dormitory with a young woman who could only speak Russian? And was I picked up the next day by more new people? And did I really finally see firsthand the work of those serving refugees? Did I really hear the stories in foreign languages? Did I follow their gestures? Did I receive their thanks? Their complaints? Their tears? Their smiles? Did I watch shell shocked children blossom during a day designed for them? Did I walk the streets of Ukraine alone? Did I really enter strangers' vehicles in foreign countries? Did I adventure and get mistaken for a spy? Did I meet friendly people who welcomed me into their homes? Who fed me? Whose
With big dreams and passionately pursuing all that she feels called to, this candid single mother of four children is authentically pursuing knowing herself and how she can make an impact in this great, big, beautiful, and exhausting world through her unique skills and talents.