Why Getting Robbed at Gunpoint in Colombia is the Best Thing That's Ever Happened to Me

Name: Why Getting Robbed at Gunpoint in Colombia is the Best Thing That's Ever Happened to Me
Start: 2025-09-13T14:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-13T15:00:00-07:00
Location: 35 NW Nye St, Newport, OR, United States, Oregon 97365

Schedule

Sat Sep 13 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

35 NW Nye St, Newport, OR, United States, Oregon 97365 | Newport, OR

Before moving abroad, Nicole Elyse was a planner – someone who always thought through every possibility to do everything she could to assure the best outcome. But before she even got on the plane to move to the developing world, she learned that when you live abroad, it’s not possible to plan for every possibility – there’s just too many things you don’t know. Over six years living abroad, she’s learned how beautiful it can be to move forward without a plan, and to trust that, one way or another, everything is going to be okay.
In this talk, Nicole will explore what it was like to spend six years outside of the United States: the lessons learned, the hard things, and the moments of jaw-dropping beauty. But mostly she’ll talk about how getting mugged in Colombia helped her to let go of fear, and to see that sometimes bad things aren't really so bad.
The presentation will be held in the Newport Library's McEntee Room, and is free and open to the public.