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The Big Journey
I don’t feel that it would be fair to only give you trip content without giving some details of the journey overseas (our new home for the next 4 months). We started off by heading to the airport at 4:45 am-yikes- to catch our first flight to Dallas. Things were a tiny bit rocky when
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New Mexico Baby!!
Over this Christmas break (2021) Evan and I had the chance to go on an exciting, much awaited trip- snowboarding. I had tried snowboarding once before my freshman year of high school and quickly discovered it was not for the faint of heart! I spent most of that trip either on my face, butt, or
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Journal Entry- Where to Even Start?
So we’ve chosen to do this! Although I wouldn’t say the choice was totally easy, I’d say I’m more than happy that this is a possibility for us. Now is the hard part, though, where do we go from here? We have a meeting with a travel agent scheduled for December 14th. I thought it
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Behind the Madness: Our Travel Journeys
If you’re reading this, you may be asking yourself, “Why are they doing this?” “Is this their first time traveling together?” Those are both valid questions, and thank goodness the answer to the second one is no– otherwise we would be in for a big surprise 😉 My family has always prioritized travel. I have
“As soon as I saw you I knew a grand adventure was about to happen.” -Winnie the Pooh
Our Story
Hi, we’re Alexis and Evan Emmerling (as of August 2022) and we are a newly engaged couple living in Little Rock, Arkansas and embarking on the journey of planning and completing a 5 month hybrid journey of exploring Europe and participating in sustainable mission work in another location- TBD on the second part! We are so blessed and thrilled to have this opportunity and wanted to use this blog as a way to connect and inform readers on the highs and lows of this journey, potentially inspiring others to do the same.
Friends since cerca 2007, Alexis and Evan grew up going to the same church, with the three year age gap between the two hindering anything more than a casual friendship. The Summer of 2018 posed an opportunity for the both of them to travel to Migori, Kenya for 7 weeks to participate in community service and an integrated experience in a community very unlike theirs. It was here that the two began to establish a true friendship, quickly becoming best friends as they spent days and nights discussing their life experiences, old and now new. This shared experience confirmed in both of them the love and connection that their hearts shared and affirmed the desire to chase their hearts desires together forever.
After navigating the waters of long distance while Alexis attended the University of Alabama and Evan settled into a job in Little Rock, the two were engaged July 29, 2021 and began to brainstorm about what a life together would look like. Alexis had a lifetime dream of traveling abroad for an extensive period of time that Evan was well aware of, and after much thought and prayer Evan confirmed that this dream was the first of many he would willingly pursue with her. Deciding on Europe, the time after has been a frantic combination of wedding planning and (more importantly) envisioning the culmination of a lifetime of dreams with the people they love most!
And that leaves us where we are now. With the ideas in full swing, our goals and dreams are only getting bigger and we cannot wait for you to get to know us more throughout this adventure.
CREAR 