Yard Work by Liz Mills

The primary jobs I focused on this week was wheelbarrowing and articulating the walls and corners on the second floor. While wheelbarrowing did provide many good lessons, such as the importance of working as a cohesive unit, the fact that many hands make light work,...

First Impressions of Turkey

I did not know what to expect of Turkey as I disembarked the plane at the Gazipasa airport. My only previous experience with the country involved my awestruck self gazing at vast coastlines that separated the most blue of waters from lush deserts, and jagged...

week 1: work hard, play hard

My first week in Gazipasa– chaotic, in an awesome way. Before the work on site even started, the first few days here were tough; we were trying to get acclimated to a new country, new people, and new culture all while coming off of a long-haul international flight. We...

Thank You, Türkiye!

Traveling to Turkey has been an adventure full of surprises. I’m from the Midwest next to the Great Plains region, and before this I had never seen a mountain range in my life. Turkey’s high cliffs, hot sandy beaches, and dusty powdered earth are a change. Lots of the...

Week 1 Log

When I arrived in Turkey I didn’t really know what to expect. I didn’t really know what was doing and it added to the already present anxiety of traveling overseas alone for the first time. My main priority when I landed was to just keep myself awake until...

New Opportunities

One of the first things I did when arriving to Turkey is buy the chai teacups. These cute hourglass shaped glasses are used everywhere to serve chai tea at every breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner. At any point in time this tea is ready to be served. The tea is one...