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The Grand Canyon Deer Farm is located in Northern Arizona, it is a petting zoo that began in 1969 but our story begins in 1972 when Randy and Pat George, the current owners of the Deer Farm were dating.

In this episode you will hear about why they bought the Grand Canyon Deer Farm and some of the ups and downs along the way. Pat's love for the animals and people is evident as she shares about the last twenty nine years she and her husband have owned the farm.

Dharma has traveled extensively, and even lived on several different continents, her first solo trip was an international flight when she was four and half years old! In this podcast you will hear a bit of her life story and also some of the things she learned along the way!

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I enjoyed talking to Karen Copely as she shared about her love for hiking, why she started hiking and some adventures she's had along the way! Whether you have never been hiking, you are an avid hiker or somewhere in-between there is something here for you!

Unfortunately after listened to the recording I noticed that the connection wasn't always clear, but don't let that stop you from listening and maybe even learning!

I am thankful for a good FaceTime connection last week so I could discuss with Steffi Krull the research she is doing on the expulsion of Germans from Poland after World War II when the borders were redrawn. Steffi is a PhD Candidate in European History at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and currently conducting research in Berlin, Germany. She shares just a fraction of what she has been studying, but I believe you will, as I did, learn something you didn't know before!

This week I am "in the field" so the recording is a little rough but I was so thankful to finally get to sit down and hear Kasia Frys' story first hand. In junior high she began playing volleyball, her love for volleyball grew even when she was told that she didn't have the right body type to be a great player. She ate, slept and breathed volleyball until one seemingly small accident changed the course of her future and continues to teach her lessons she wasn't necessarily keen on learning.

I had a chance to sit down and talk with my friend Otavio, from Brazil. He has been in Poland for a few years, speaks great Polish and in this episode he shares (in English:)a bit about why he moved to Poland, Polish immigration to Brazil, and a bit about Brazilian culture. I am sure, as I did, you will learn something you didn't know about Brazil!

Sunny Yoon is an amazing and talented pianist. She began playing at the age of four and attended a special arts school in Seoul, Korea. Her life revolved around performances and practices and her future was set at a young age, she was to go to a top university to become a renowned pianist. She had prepared for her final performance for months, well technically since she was four, the music was memorized, she new what she must do, and yet the unexpected happened during her final exam!

I had the opportunity to hear a crazy story from Jasmine Kolano, a sophomore at Azusa Pacific in California. She is half Singaporean half Polish and she is currently in Poland for the first time in her life! When she blew out her candles on her last birthday she made a seemingly impossible wish and within a few days it came true! Find out what she wished for, and how it changed her life when you listen to the full episode. Also she shared her observations on Polish culture and how she has been working and serving in Poland.

Due to some special guests being sick and not being able to record you will hear a friend interview me! She asks me some questions about life in Poland, Polish and of course my dog Alex.

After losing her father to a heart attack and her mother to cancer Skye Seumptewa walked away from the church that she had grown up in and sought consolation from the pain and depression in friends, drugs, and alcohol. The choices she made and the friends she kept often came in contradiction with the persistent nagging of her conscience to "get her life together". Each time her life became seemingly more stable, depression would creep in, an unexpected encounter with the law, a new drug, or the overwhelming feeling of being completely unloved would lead her back into a life of self medication and isolation. This pattern continued for over six years until she found herself in a Colorado jail for five months. In the beginning she railed against the injustice of her circumstances but it was there in that outwardly hopeless situation that she found the hope, peace, and forgiveness that she had been so desperately searching for all those years. Listen and find encouragement as Skye shares her story first-hand.