Category Archives: RVA
The Great Rift Valley
by Lily Koning I had just arrived in Kenya after a sixteen-hour flight from North Carolina. On the plane, I was thinking about what I was going to see and do in Kenya, but now the only thing I could … Continue reading
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Happy, sad, disorganized thoughts, and please pray for Ben
Exactly one week until we fly out. We’re all experiencing a huge range of emotions. We lost the Prescott final on a rainy, lightning-streaked afternoon, 3-6 in sudden death overtime. A tough, well-played match despite the weather. What made it so … Continue reading
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Rugby Rules!
While I still don’t completely understand all the rules of rugby, I LOVE IT! I love rugby 100 times more than I’ve ever loved American football. I realize this may be blasphemy coming from a girl who grew up along … Continue reading
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Very Random Thoughts
We fly home in less than a month. RVA graduation is Saturday, 12 July. We fly out of Nairobi on 21 July. We will spend three days in London and arrive in Raleigh on Friday, 25 July at 4:41 p.m. I … Continue reading
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Only at RVA
One of my recent guidance related tasks has been to enter all the preregistration information for the 08-09 school year into the student database. As I was going through student forms, I stumbled upon the following note, scrawled on the back … Continue reading
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A Day in the Life of an RVA Dorm Mom
Thursday, 1 May 2008 6:46 a.m. – I’ve hit the snooze button a few times, but I’m trying to steal a few more precious moments of rest when I’m abruptly awakened by Joy, “Aunt Carolyn, Aunt Carolyn, Aunt Carolyn, listen … Continue reading
Let it pour!
The rainy season is here. It rains every morning. A lot. Sometimes it rains all day and all night long. Rain is crucial to life in Africa. Without it, people die. With it, their crops thrive, and people have fresh, … Continue reading
Filed under Bible, Carolyn’s posts, Kenya, RVA
Photos!
You may have already seen the photos of life in the dorm as well as RVA activities in general, but here’s the link again. Here are a bunch of photos of the RVA Banquet mentioned in a previous post. … Continue reading
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