Posts Tagged: Danielle LaPorte

And our first day finishes…

August 13, 2012

To finish up our first day, let me tell you about our visit to Santa Clara and Paso a Paso . Santa Clara is the nursery that International Samaritan runs in cooperation with the city of Guatemala.  There we met Sonia La Roche, a small but strong woman, who runs the nursery; she has worked at Santa Clara for years, since she met Fr. Vettesse. She shared with us that the people in the area told her she had to talk with “the crazy gringo …

Travel Tomfoolery

August 04, 2012

Slow down, take your time. There is enough. All will be well.   This mantra began on Sunday, when my friend canceled our meeting and I was able to ease into my trip instead of rush rush rushing. That meant the 3 hour movie (already mentioned) to get some quality time in with my family before I left; how I didn’t realize it was 3 hours, I’ll never know. Once the movie was over, however, I rushed home, thinking that I …