THE WHO'S WHO OF MY SEMESTER
Alice: A volunteer with New Horizons, a co-teacher of Experiential Education, with Dana Bates, apartment-mate of Kadie. A wonderful, talented woman with a heart for the outdoors and skills to back it up!
Brandi: Wife of Dana, mother of Briana and Gabriel, teacher of Romanian Culture & History with Kadie, Adoptive mother of the study-abroad students. She's great!
Bryent (Tad): NWC Sophomore and Study-Abroad compatriot. Fantastic fellow! Known to Heemstr as Scrappy. He has a heart for youth and is one of the most genuinely kind and patient people I have ever met.
Dana: Founder of New Horizons, Husband of Brandi, Father of Briana and Gabriel, Teacher of Eastern Orthodoxy, Experiential Education (with Alice) and Sustainable Development courses. Supplier of amazing books from his extensive libraries!
Hank (See "Zach")
Mirela: My host mother/sister. Age 24. Wonderful, sweet woman...very motherly. Very hospitable. Always trying to feed me.
Brandi: Wife of Dana, mother of Briana and Gabriel, teacher of Romanian Culture & History with Kadie, Adoptive mother of the study-abroad students. She's great!Briana: Daughter of Dana & Brandi, Loves pink.
Bryent (Tad): NWC Sophomore and Study-Abroad compatriot. Fantastic fellow! Known to Heemstr as Scrappy. He has a heart for youth and is one of the most genuinely kind and patient people I have ever met.
Dana: Founder of New Horizons, Husband of Brandi, Father of Briana and Gabriel, Teacher of Eastern Orthodoxy, Experiential Education (with Alice) and Sustainable Development courses. Supplier of amazing books from his extensive libraries!
Dreamsa: the mama-dog at my host home. black and fuzzy.
Grandma: Iancu's mother. She fed me, while Iancu & Mirela ere in Italy.
Grandpa: Iancu's father. He is the dearest chap!
Hank (See "Zach")
Iancu: My host father/brother. Age 28, speaks no English (but probably understands a lot more of it than I know...). He and his father (Grandpa) are a phenomenal pair and make me laugh, through the language barrier.
Julie: NWC Sophomore and Study-abroad compatriot. Delightful woman full of energy and enthusiasm. She walks faster than anyone else I've ever met and is a delight to spend time talking with...I am excited to live with her next week when we move to our apartments!
Kadie: New Horizons volunteer, Study-abroad Program administrator, apartment-mate of Alice. An incredible woman who cares deeply for her 5 kiddos, doesn't despise us for calling her "Capt'n Kadie", keeps our lives organized and has a deep, beautiful faith.
Julie: NWC Sophomore and Study-abroad compatriot. Delightful woman full of energy and enthusiasm. She walks faster than anyone else I've ever met and is a delight to spend time talking with...I am excited to live with her next week when we move to our apartments!Kadie: New Horizons volunteer, Study-abroad Program administrator, apartment-mate of Alice. An incredible woman who cares deeply for her 5 kiddos, doesn't despise us for calling her "Capt'n Kadie", keeps our lives organized and has a deep, beautiful faith.
Kelly: Calvin College Junior and Study-abroad compatriot. Her host family lives just up the mountain from mine and we walk together. She is an amazingly inspirational person who I am so thankful to have the opportunity to get to know better on our stomps up and down the mountain!
Mirela: My host mother/sister. Age 24. Wonderful, sweet woman...very motherly. Very hospitable. Always trying to feed me.
Tad (See "Bryent")
Zach (Hank): NWC Sophomore and study-abroad compatriot. Zach is the comic relief of the bunch, tells fantastic stories and hits his head on things a lot (He's pretty tall by Romanian standards). He is a dear fellow and keeps up laughing, intentionally or otherwise
