
hong frickin kong by Ryan
this life, crazy, overdramatic, lovely and ugly all at the same time is nearly at an end. While others are immediatly hitting perhaps our greatest culture shock of the year, returning into what used to be normal, I just can’t do that quite yet. At the end of college I spent 5 weeks in cape town pulling together my life, whats happened, whats next, who I am, five weeks. I am led to a similiar circumstances, as I have given myself an additional over 2 months left in Asia. We have been challenged by Seth this week to ask ourselves…”So what” What will I do with this year. These and hundreds of other questions will hopefully be tackled in the nearing time. Thier is an enormous trap to fall back into our lives exactly as we left them. That this year was a cute fluke, that the U.S. doesn’t play by these rules, that the bills and contracts and credit debt is inevitable. And for me that I would wander out of this thing just as I wondered into it. Like I wondered into a theme park, rode the rides for a bit, and found myself in the empty parking lot at the end of the night. I got two months to start off on the right foot, to not only find out what the hell happened this year, but to use it too my advantage when I do finally return to the cushy. Just like this year had a winding up motion with preparation and training, I hope to wind out with a long stint of processing. I would appreciate your prayers and continued financial support for my debt to AIM for this crucial time.
So it is ONWARD, I got my little green bag, Vietnam and beyond!

Great Wall shot by Josh
