Paciencia. I need paciencia with the pace of culture, paciencia with learning Spanish, paciencia with my life direction, with jogging slowly instead of sprinting. So much patience required here. The pace here is hardly comparable[…]
My host mom and I stood at the entrance to her house, waiting. She had a beautifully wrapped present in hand. I had enough Spanish to get me through the drive thru at Taco Bell.[…]
September 28, 2016: All 28 of us hazily departed the plane. We eventually approached volunteers with a sign: Bienvenidos a Guatemala. In my bedroom, Bienvenida hangs above my mosquitero. For a quick language lesson: because[…]
