This is my second year in xcountry running
with Red Deer College and I am loving it. It has been
a way to not gain that infamous
‘freshman
fifteen’
and meet new people.
I come from a fairly large family of four girls and one boy which in the last few years has more than doubled. They are all older than me making me the youngest.
-Visiting a Elderly Woman
I really love to read novels.
I
in a leprosy colony-
generally
turn toward the romance and adventure novels, but on occasion I will read a mystery. Another hobby of mine is to ride
horses.
My dad really
loves to use his ‘horsepower’ to work
cattle
quad , so I
Laura Friesen
instead
of
the
love to help him.
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I love to explore my bounda- In two years I will be graduatries by travelling and experi- ed with a Bachelor of Educaencing different places. Here tion providing me with the tools are the places I have been I need to enter the world of and what I have done there: work, but I don’t want to just Tijuana, Mexico (building stop there. My ultimate goal is
houses for the less fortunate), to teach overseas, and eventuYellowknife, North West Terri- ally work with a safe house for human
trafficked
victims;
to
provide an education so they can start anew.
I tories (helped with day care homes and a church), Hong Kong, China (worked with a NGO
called
Chiang
Mai,
Crossroads), Thailand
(English Camps), Beihai, China (leprosy colonies, taught English), Tegucigalpa, Honduras (Taught English)
graduated
from Lacombe Composite High in 2010. From there I decided to take a one year certificate at Vanguard College. This certificate is called, His Majesty’s Service, and is a missions program meaning that I was able to travel to South-East Asia teaching English and providing aid. Last year I started at Red Deer College to take my BEd.
Laura Friesen
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