Welcome, I’m Nicole
Somehow my life, that started as a no one from the beginning of nowhere, has turned into a crazy adventure as a nomad (or better yet an ivri) living between hicks, hoodlums, and highrises. An adventure that has spanned 30+ countries, all 7 continents, and a whole host of fellow travelers who’ve journeyed with me along the way. Unbeknownst to me, taking a few simple steps of faith has resulted in a commute to work often involving a plane, I now call former gang leaders family, and am regularly reminded that one of the greatest blessings of my life was to being raised poor in the country and the skills and values that came with it.
That said, some stories need to be told and hard-won revelations are meant to be shared. I started this blog to do just that. My hope is that you will journey on the adventures with me, gain from my discoveries…without the hard-won part, and be emboldened in your own walk of faith.
The Latest
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When You Wake Up Looking Like a Giraffe – Lyme Disease Myths, Facts, and My Story
While many fear leaving home for places with things like malaria and typhoid, one of the most debilitating infections may be in the backyard. With an estimated 476,000 people potentially diagnosed a year in the US alone,1 Lyme disease, when chronic, carries a lower quality of life than some of the most painful conditions out…
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Mobile Trophies – My First Steps as a Foreigner & 10 Essentials for Traveling to a New Country
Stepping into the unknown is more than an exercise in novelty. It is to become foreign to those all around you while everything around you becomes foreign to you. It is being the unappointed ambassador to answer 52 questions about your country’s politics, being recorded by locals because of your hair and eye color, or…
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Abraham, the First Backpacker – Becoming an Ivri
Most everyone wants a place to belong, a place they can call home, where everyone “knows their name”. But more importantly, there is no greater human need than to know and pursue our creator. However, for some, such a pursuit requires striking out alone…very alone…, leaving all that is familiar to wander as nomad and…
Explore by Category
Life is not linear…and thus, neither is this blog. I have connected the dots across posts, so you can hone in on your favorite topics by content type:
For those here for the stories
For discoveries, tips, and even a bullet-point or two
Origins
Adventures that made me and this blog
One Who Traverses
Adventures of travel in foreign lands
In Pursuit of the Pearl of Great Price
Revelations from the quest to know the One True God
A Slave to No One
Revelations on finance, health, and skills for self-sufficiency
“After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.” – Genesis 15:1 KJV