New Ghana Blog

Please be directed to my new blog site for my upcoming trip to Africa!
www.together-we-are.com

Please read, donate, like, and pass it on, spread the word!

Love Always,
Rebecca

Together We Are

02.21.11
Hello everyone!

So I believe I have talked to some of you about this upcoming project..and others of you have no idea what I'm talking about right now! Well this summer I will be living, working, volunteering, and documenting in Ghana, West Africa. I am leaving just after graduating high school and returning a week before I leave for college in Savannah, Georgia. I will be working with Light for Children, an organization focused on supporting HIV positive children in the Ashanti region. Along with volunteering for three months I will be making a documentary about my journey, Light for Children, living with AIDS, and the amazing people of Ghana. 

I am embarking on this mission and am funding the entire trip myself. This is my dream trip and I have been trying to save as much as possible over the past few years to be able to have enough money to go. I have crunched the numbers between what I have saved and what needs to be spend...and they turn up in the red. Please consider making a donation through the donation page on my website. 

For more information about me, this project, and how you can help please visit this project's website at: 

www.together-we-are.com

Also, if you are on facebook please like this fanpage.

Thank you in advance for all of your support, I really appreciate it. Email me if you have any questions, concerns or comments.

Please forward this message on to anyone who you think would be interested in this project!

Love, Rebecca Kuntz

Snowpocalypse 2011

02.02.11
You thought there was a lot of snow in my last post?....Well guess again. I have never seen this much snow in my entire life. Chicago was hit with 40 mile an hour winds, 2 feet of snow, white out conditions and 4 foot snow drifts...all in 24 hours. Every school in the area is closed sending students running outside to act like children again and play in the snow.

Winter Wanderlust

1.17.2011
Reading travel blogs, writing scholarship application essays, sipping hot coco, watching documentaries, searching for cheap flights.
What's better than a day off school?

Flights to where you ask? Stay tuned, within the next month I will announce where and when my next adventure begins. For those of you who know please don't spoil the surprise!


Enjoy your day wherever in the world you may be. Carpe Diem

30 Seconds of Life

01.07.2011

Heart racing, palms sweating, a multi-colored nylon rope clutched between my hands. I inch closer to the edge of the wooden platform. My mind races and the thumping in my chest picks up tempo. "Here goes nothing" my mind says without thinking of the possible imminent danger ahead. Leaning forward in one swift movement, the harness pulls against my hips, only my toes remain attached to the platform. The carabiner locks and I am now staring straight down at the ground thirty feet below me. I slowly release the rope from my grip as I begin to walk down the wall, feeling more at ease with every step. My feet reach the red line and now I'm free to fly. Kicking off the wall, I sail into the air, knowing that my life is literally anchored between my fingers. The rope glides and I loosen my grip to nothing, catapulting into a free fall. Hearing nothing but the rush of air flow past me, tasting the minty gum that keeps my mouth from getting dangerously dry, seeing life on the ground fast approaching, smelling the chalk that coats my hands, feeling my sweaty palms grab the rope feet before I hit the ground. Did I just experience life in fast forward or slow motion?

--Lyons Township High School Period 1 Gym (Adventure Education)

(Just an example of Australian Rappelling [what this post was about])