Reflections

Sarah: Reaching the 30-year old mark is a crazy milestone. I've thought about my 20s a lot recently and realized how much happened in these 10 years. So to say goodbye to my 20s, here is my list of 20 (big) things that happened in the last decade of my life:

1. Graduation from Northwestern College in Orange City, IA, with a major in Spanish, minors in Cultural Anthropology and Religion, a Career Concentration in missions, and a Coaching Endorsement
2. 1 month spent in Taiwan
3. 1 summer spent in Brazil
4. 1 semester spent studying in Costa Rica, with trips to Nicaragua and Guatemala, through the Latin American Studies Program
5. Meeting the love of my life while studying abroad
6. 2 years teaching high school Spanish at Iowa Christian Academy
7. 2 years teaching 5th and 6th graders Environmental Education at Mission Springs Outdoor Education, outside of Santa Cruz, CA
8. Playing varsity volleyball in college
9. Leading 2 mission trips to Brazil and one to Mexico
10. The purchase of our first house - a rental home in Spokane, WA
11. Coaching junior high basketball and volleyball, JV volleyball, and helping out with varsity volleyball and basketball at Iowa Christian Academy
12. Buying my first car - a Saturn Ion
13. Getting married to my best friend, David Charles Hille
14. Giving birth to my beautiful daughter, Adele Marie
15. A tattoo with my sisters
16. Becoming an aunt to my niece Gracelyn, and nephews Gabriel, Benjamin, and Asher
17. My first cell phone and first laptop computer
18. Getting my braces off
19. More trips to Brazil (with stops in Argentina and Paraguay), more trips to Nicaragua and Guatemala (with a stop in Honduras) and a trip to Panama
20. Moving to Costa Rica to work as Field Station Managers at the Quetzal Education Research Center

Here's hoping my 30s are just as good!