Eating in the Congo

Every day, twice a day baby! (photo credit: Sarah Bayot)*Don’t miss Part I and Part II of my Congo Journey story!*I didn’t run or workout for 10 days. On Tuesday, I ran a glorious 6 miles and did 45 minutes of Crossfit and it was absolutely amazing....

Congo Journey Part II

Catch up on Part I here.I left off yesterday at the beginning of our week. So much was to come. Every day we arrived at the Center, the kids ran down the hill in heaps of excitement to greet us. They couldn’t wait for us to get out of the vehicles so they could...

Congo Journey Part I

*I will write my recap of Congo in two parts and then fill in later with other posts. It’s difficult to put it together and tell you the meaning, the real struggles for the country and the long term vision all at once. So first, I’ll go step by step,...

Back From Africa

One of my favorite photos from Congo.Hi everyone! I am back and wanted to pop in and say hello before the day got away. Long story short, I had an AMAZING  time in the Congo and cannot wait to tell you more about it. There’s so much to say I don’t...

Top Seven Wedding Diet (or crash diet) Tips

Hi everyone! I am Michelle from That’s so Michelle and also Ericka’s best friend! While she is in Africa (she comes back soon and I can’t wait to see photos and video from her trip) she asked me to write a guest post and I immediately knew I wanted...