Allan Aubrey Boesak
Desmond Tutu Chair of Peace, Global Justice and Reconciliation Studies
(317) 931-4441
aboesak@cts.edu
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Allan Boesak
Friday, September 3, 2010
Back in America
Hey everyone,
We are back and getting our life in order. So far we have a new phone number that you can reach us at: 317 731 2883. This number is forwarded to our cells so all of our stuff rings when you call this one number.
If you can please send us your email, address and phone numbers. We have lost our address book into the abyss of moving homes so please help us out by giving us that info.
We are making our way north tomorrow, first stopping in Ashelville NC to see my sister, then making our way to Indy, Colombus OH and finally to N. Manchester with Scott Hensley. We will be there until December so if you want to come by and see a farming gig and the three of us please let us know. It would be fun to see you!
Other than that our plan is to figure out where life is taking us.....so far no solid long term plans, this is a first for me so I am struggling a little bit but am happy to let things roll into something awesome.....I hope. After the farm we do not know what we will be doing except to head back to NC to my parents place and then who knows.
A lot of uncertainty floating around waiting for some direction. It's an exciting and equally terrfying time. If you pray now would be a good time to give us a shout out. Although I think everyone needs a prayer these days, I guess you can just lump us in there with the rest.
Thanks for all your love and support as we have made our way out and back into the states.
We will be in touch!
Erin and Isaac.
P.S. My parents address for all mail: 418 West Liberty Street, Salisbury NC 28144
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Monday, July 19, 2010
In Conclusion...
I started packing yesterday morning. It`s exactly two weeks before we board a train in Yanai Station to catch another train in Tokuyama, to catch another train in Tokyo, to catch our 4pm flight out of Narita International Airport.
But now, those trains aren`t our concern. The piles of our lives` artifacts strewn across our living room floor are our concern; these days anyway.
If there`s something inherently poetic about the literal act of packing your life neatly and safely into cardboard boxes, the sense is only heightened when you`re packing up parts of a life you hardly believe actually happened at all.
The act of taking all of these real things down off the shelves, from the drawers, out of the closets and neatly wrapping them up to be sent off to another land seems like we`re doing one of two things. We`re either making it possible to believe that none of this ever was real or trying to keep its reality alive in the new world that we`re about to rejoin.
It`s impossible to say which we`re hoping for most at this point.
Anyway, it must be poetic, because it`s quite unusual for me to write poetry. But when I got to work this morning, I opened up my notebook and this spilled out.
Costumes:
But now, those trains aren`t our concern. The piles of our lives` artifacts strewn across our living room floor are our concern; these days anyway.
If there`s something inherently poetic about the literal act of packing your life neatly and safely into cardboard boxes, the sense is only heightened when you`re packing up parts of a life you hardly believe actually happened at all.
The act of taking all of these real things down off the shelves, from the drawers, out of the closets and neatly wrapping them up to be sent off to another land seems like we`re doing one of two things. We`re either making it possible to believe that none of this ever was real or trying to keep its reality alive in the new world that we`re about to rejoin.
It`s impossible to say which we`re hoping for most at this point.
Anyway, it must be poetic, because it`s quite unusual for me to write poetry. But when I got to work this morning, I opened up my notebook and this spilled out.
Costumes:
The pile lays on the floor
Before me
There was this
There in the land
Of the Free
We are stuck
On lines in a play
Bills to pay
The money we make
And we pile up
Definitions there like old laundry on the floor
Left from some unknown tomb
In remembrance to lives led before
We knew who we were
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Travel Plans
Hey Everyone!!!
We are back from our adventures in China and Korea. We had an AMAZING time and will write more about it as soon as we can. We are slowly uploading pictures so please see the picassa site for your viewing pleasure. Keep in mind we store our pictures on google for our own needs so not all pictures are fun to look at, in fact some are boring- sorry but that's how it goes. And I promise one of these days I'll title the photos so you can know what you're looking at.
We just got back last week from vacation and celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary. It was a lot of fun but now it's time to get down to bidness because guess what.....WE ARE HEADING HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's been a heck of a year and now we begin our journey back home, but we aren't just bringing ourselves- we are bringing a crew: 4 Japanese school kids for a two week adventure around America! Tada!!
Some of you will be getting this update twice- sorry- but I wanted to double check with some of you on the details of our plans since you are most likely a part of them in some way or another. Attached is an Itinerary of the trip but below is a highlights list of the spots we will be hitting up. Take note I did it by state so if you don't want to read the whole sha-bang just read the parts you feel are relevant to you.
In short if you would like to meet up with us and the kids please see the itinerary and let me know so we can arrange it. The more the merrier- the kids will be excited to meet any and all of you under almost any circumstances...haha.....anyways- please read below for details and below that for some more fun info!
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August 2nd-August16th
Chicago:
We arrive in Chicago on August 2nd at 2:30pm. We will catch another plane to NYC at 6:00pm that same day.
NYC:
We will be in NYC from August 2nd-August5th
Washington DC
We will be in DC from August 5th- August 6th
North Carolina
We will be in Salisbury NC from August 6th-10th
We plan on hanging out in the Salisbury area, possibly hitting up Asheville on the 9th on our way to Lexington KY
Kentucky
We will be in Versailles and Lexington KY from August 10th-13th
We plan on visiting my family but are relatively free for one or two afternoons.
We will see a horse farm and possibly go swimming. In the evening we will have cookouts with my family.
Any are welcome to attend.
Indiana
We will head to Indianapolis on August 13th and will stay until the 15th
On the 13th we plan on making a stop in Hanover Indiana to see Hanover College
We would like to have a lunch with some professors and friends of Hanover and walk around Madison. Please let me know if you can come and we can plan a lunch date somewhere as a big group.
Indianapolis
The 13th-15th We will hit up the Indiana state fair and on the 14th have a big dinner with friends and family hopefully in Broad Ripple at Bazbeaux's. Please let me know if you are interested.
Chicago
On the 15th we will head to Chicago and stay with some friends who live there. We will hopefully see some of the city in our time there. The kids fly out of Chicago on August 16th.
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After the 16th Isaac and I plan on driving the rental van back to Salisbury North Carolina where we plan to stay for a couple weeks before heading back to Indiana to farm with our friend Scott Hensley in N. Manchester Indiana. We do not know how long this will go on but we are thinking we will be farming until winter. Then who knows......hopefully we will have some source of income but we aren't holding our breath. I'm only half kidding.
If you're free or have any interest in meeting us during or after our tour with the kids please let me know. We want to see you all and we will have some time to kill since we have no obligations for the Fall.
On a side note I have made business cards for a small business I am starting up in Homestay and Cultural Exchange. I will be planning trips for Japanese friends, co-workers and acquaintances who are interested in educational travel, cultural exchange and English learning. If you are interested in being a host family for Japanese tourists/students please let me know. And in turn, if you yourself are interested in homestay and cultural exchange, or even just pen pal relationships, with the beautiful country of Japan- no matter your age or language ability- I will be happy to organize and lead trips.
I will have more information on the Homestay and Cultural Exchange programs later on in August along with a website, but for now I am generating interest so please let me know.
All in all, things are looking fantastic. Please let me know if you can meet up with us when we return and about your interest in the Cultural Exchange program.
All in all, things are looking fantastic. Please let me know if you can meet up with us when we return and about your interest in the Cultural Exchange program.
Can't wait to see you all.
With Love
Erin (and Isaac says hello!)
Monday, June 14, 2010
Re: I NEED A VOGUE!
Thanks for the replies, everyone! Two Vogues are currently in the mail and they`ll be here just in time for the presentation! Yeah!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Re: I NEED A VOGUE!
| I have "Vanity Fair"! Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. --- On Sun, 6/13/10, Isaac Weinkauf <i.m.weinkauf@gmail.com> wrote:
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I NEED A VOGUE!
I can only pray this will be the only time in my life that I ever seriously write that sentence...
But, alas, I do desperately need a Vogue.
My English Club is currently preparing their presentation for our school festival, and they have chosen to present various aspects of American Pop Culture. The Seniors are presenting on American fashion and so have been searching vigilantly around Japan for an American version of Vogue (they sell them in Japanese, but that just won`t do for an English Club presentation). I told them I probably knew a subscriber or two back home, and then I told them of the warmhearted, caring generosity of all Americans and how it was almost inevitable that one of these amazing, sweet, kind-hearted people would find it in their heart to put one of these magazines into an envelope and send it Japan in time for their presentation (in two weeks...). You should have seen how their eyes lit up when they realized that they were depending on such a generous, kind, and thoughtful group of Americas. It was really something. :-)
If you can help, please send it to our apartment:
Weinkauf/Hougland
202 Sunheights 4711-19
Yanai, Yanai-shi, Yamaguchi-ken
742-0021
In other news: we`re coming home in one and a half months! WOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!
Sorry about the lack of updates lately, but at this point we`re really just riding a wave of excitement as it builds for our return home. That, and life is just so regular here recently it seems weird to send out updates about the regular stuff we`re doing. I had granola and tea for breakfast this morning, then I walked to school, it`s kind of hot and humid out, but not too bad...
So, life is good, we`re glad to be here, and we`re really glad about coming home.
Love you all and talk to you soon!
But, alas, I do desperately need a Vogue.
My English Club is currently preparing their presentation for our school festival, and they have chosen to present various aspects of American Pop Culture. The Seniors are presenting on American fashion and so have been searching vigilantly around Japan for an American version of Vogue (they sell them in Japanese, but that just won`t do for an English Club presentation). I told them I probably knew a subscriber or two back home, and then I told them of the warmhearted, caring generosity of all Americans and how it was almost inevitable that one of these amazing, sweet, kind-hearted people would find it in their heart to put one of these magazines into an envelope and send it Japan in time for their presentation (in two weeks...). You should have seen how their eyes lit up when they realized that they were depending on such a generous, kind, and thoughtful group of Americas. It was really something. :-)
If you can help, please send it to our apartment:
Weinkauf/Hougland
202 Sunheights 4711-19
Yanai, Yanai-shi, Yamaguchi-ken
742-0021
In other news: we`re coming home in one and a half months! WOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!
Sorry about the lack of updates lately, but at this point we`re really just riding a wave of excitement as it builds for our return home. That, and life is just so regular here recently it seems weird to send out updates about the regular stuff we`re doing. I had granola and tea for breakfast this morning, then I walked to school, it`s kind of hot and humid out, but not too bad...
So, life is good, we`re glad to be here, and we`re really glad about coming home.
Love you all and talk to you soon!
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