Home - Ashley Ann Campbell

A few days in Chichicastenango, Guatemala

Once we bought plane tickets to Guatemala, we began looking for places to visit. (We booked cheap tickets without any other plan or details - 'figure it out later' is my go-to). Breese found information on a market in the…

Tips for staying in a hostel as a family

While traveling we stay in all kinds of different places. Sometimes it is an apartment. Sometimes it’s a hostel. We slept in a cave in Jordan and a hut on the Sinai. Most places I find are on Booking.com, Airbnb,…

Israeli/Palestinian Dual Narrative Tour {Abraham Tours}

I'm sitting in a cute boho style cafe. The wind is blowing off the Sea of Aqaba through the open windows tangling my hair in a million ways. I might have pretty cool dreads at the end of this trip.…

Budget traveling – planning ahead saves $$$

Well, I still need to share some basics about our trip...like WHY we are doing it! Instead of waiting to get all those thoughts together, I figured I'd just start sharing answers to some of the questions I most commonly…

We bought them (1 one-way tickets to North Africa)

After years of traveling in our Avion, we began looking for an Airstream that we could completely remodel to fit our specific family needs. We especially wanted a double axel for safety reasons and scoured online for years to find…

little toes pouring out of fancy shoes

As we walked into the Compassion Child Survival Program center, we were greeted by mothers and children with huge smiles and kind eyes. Compassion is often known for its child sponsorship program, but I am learning there is much more to this organization. In the…

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coming alongside her {#compassionbloggers}

Our plane arrived in the late hours of the night. On the way to the hotel I learned that we would be meeting our sponsored son Ismael and his family the next day. Originally, I thought we would be meeting his family later in the…

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little blue backpack {#compassionbloggers}

A little blue backpack sat on the table in the middle of the room as we worked on school all week. Tucked inside was a soccer ball, pump, paper, school supplies, a few other daily need items and a notebook filled with pictures. Over the…

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Sneaking upstairs

She snuck upstairs while there was a Watch Me Whip dance party going on downstairs. Typically, she likes to Whip and Nae Nae with the best of them, but on this day she chose the calm. I would choose the calm with headphones. Also, my…

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that was weird mom

Gymnastics was over and the girls were running around with a little clan of leotard wearing friends. I called them over and we began walking to the car. “Mom, that was weird,” my 6 year old told me. I asked her what was weird and…

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