Asia: Here I come

I've got a big trip comping up. I'll be leaving for Asia in a little over a week to represent Augsburg at IIE fairs in HCMC, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. I'll also be doing some individual visits with families and visiting several high schools. In total, I'll be traveling for 19 days. There's an excitement about planning for a trip like this...I wonder who I will meet? What connections I will create? If I will sleep? What new foods I will try? And then there's the sadness in leaving my 2 1/2 year daughter for such a long time. Finding a balance in all of this is something that I am still learning.

Before I leave, though, I will have the great pleasure of seeing Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul, and Mary sing in the quad at Augsburg College. I am SO excited for this opporunity that has been gifted to us all because of a deep friendship and a lot of gratitude. Here's the story. An incoming transfer student from Vietnam has been singing with Peter for some years. The two of them developed a freindship and because Peter is so pleased with all Augsburg has done for this international student from Vietnam, he will be singing on our campus as a way to say, "Thank you." If you read my blog and live in the area, the concert will take place on Thursday, September 25th from 11:45am-1:15pm. Let's bring a big crowd.

And, if you read this blog and you live in any of the countries that I will be visiting in October email me at beintl@augsburg.edu and we can schedule a time to meet. In between now and then, check out what the students at Augsburg are doing on their very own Homemade site: http://www.augsburg.edu/admissions/homemade/index.html.