A Very Important Advisory: I must recognize that one could easily read this post and believe that I am painting a picture of the customs of this culture. This is not at all the case. I’m[…]
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¿Preguntas Dudas Quejas? | 75 Palabras in Guatemala
Questions/Doubts/Complaints At the end of each session, without fail, we are asked “Preguntas? Dudas? Quejas?” And without fail, there are preguntas. Sometimes dudas. Often quejas disguised as preguntas or simply statements in the form of[…]
La Capacitación | (The Grit and the Polish of Training) 75 Palabras in Guatemala
Week 3 of training, I ate 5 tortillas during one lunch because I loved them so much and came home and broke the key to the house. Out of all the things I’ve managed to[…]
Week 8 Reveals Fate, Convent, Volcano
Practicum ended (week 7) and we all ran for the hills. Not really. What I actually did was enjoy a Saturday in Antigua and torteared on Sunday and then returned to life as I knew it[…]
Week Seven: Thank Heaven You’re Done.
Week Seven was a pile of dung. Not really. It was like a roller coaster and I came close to high-fiving Heaven’s gates and dragging my shoes through piles of poo every on a 4-hour rotation.[…]
Los Chuchos | 75 Palabras in Guatemala
Chuchos are street dogs. This was one of the first things they warned us about on our arrival on September 28. Don’t drink the water! Don’t eat street food! Keep a “wide berth” around the chuchos.[…]
Week Three Came in like a Wrecking Ball
Two weeks in and come Tuesday of the third week, I was NOT feeling it. Not feeling training, not feeling the other volunteers, the staff, the classes, the tone, the schedule, the emphasis, nada. NOT[…]
“Getting In With The Beans”: Week Two
Week Two: Routine, Beans, Learning Spanish Again, Becoming a Part of the Family, Conflict and Resolution, Tortillas. Here is the short: Language Classes by Morning, Community Integration by Afternoon, Dinner and Dishes, Sleep. Repeat. Go to[…]
The Beginning: Week One In Guatemala
Genesis 1:1: In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. In the beginning (anew), I moved to Guatemala. I remember when I started my big Euroventure and I also had no idea what[…]
Smiling in Spanish, The Next Wedding Shower
So……… I was bamboozled AGAIN. Two Sundays in a row. Last Sunday I went to a ‘lunch’ that was a 4.5 hour wedding shower. This Sunday I went to ‘meet my host mom’s family’ and it[…]