Getting Reading – MARA (SEIBERT) CHAN

5 days & 55%

Five days until I leave for Congo-Brazzaville. It is incredible how quickly the time has flown by since my training week in Lancaster. A few weeks suddenly became a few days in which to cram every last preparation to leave (the currently freezing) Maryland for a year. I’ve joked that Maryland seems to be yelling [...]

A Lesson in Flexibility

You might have heard about it. Or perhaps even been amongst the lucky ones on the east-coast to experience it. It being that extremely wonderful weather which hit the east coast of the USA in multiple storms of snow and ice. Amidst the ice and snow however was an incredible week of training up in [...]

Getting Ready

Two months until I leave for the Republic of Congo, and I’ve already learned a few things. The first is that I’ll need to write a book. There certainly seems to be a large gap in the market when it comes to books about the Republic of Congo, or Congo-Brazzaville. I’m a reader. I’ve been [...]