After 6 weeks of Phase 1 quarantine, we’re free!* Things are looking up as part of the city moved to Phase 2 last week and we can have 5 people in the house again. We’re hoping things continue to get better over the next month as more and more people get vaccinated. In the meantime, we’re … [Read More]

After many many hours of planning, the semester has finally begun! Students are back in classes, it’s starting to get cold, and El Oasis is in full swing. Well, as much as it can be during Phase 1 Covid times. Our first month of events was pretty exciting, and we’re thankful for the students in our … [Read More]

In the last two weeks, I’ve seen a lot of posts on social media about how it’s been a full year now since the beginning of the pandemic. There were a lot of jokes about how “it was only supposed to be two weeks,” but here we are, and after a very long year, there’s … [Read More]

I’m in Chile! I’m so thankful to finally be here! I arrived in Santiago on February 13th and spent the next 10 days in quarantine. Travel was much smoother than I expected. I left Minnesota with some anxiety about Covid and airport procedures, but everything came out just fine. I even got a row of … [Read More]