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I thought it might be nice to see actual locations for where we were during our Guatemala trip. Here are the places that I’ve talked about so far. Casa de Retiros Claret: http://goo.gl/maps/HbeYK The Garbage Dump: http://goo.gl/maps/31K8a San Francisco Coll school/Santa Maria school/Soccer field: http://goo.gl/maps/W9jNK Santa Clara Nursery: http://goo.gl/maps/136dr Enjoy! Update for the Friday performance is coming next!
Today’s day was too full to format my post. So, here are some pictures as teasers for tomorrow’s post!
This post is a continuation of yesterday’s post. If you missed it, check here to catch up. As my freezing thawed out, I began to choose love and I began to choose myself. bell hooks states it well: “The choice to love is a choice to connect—to find ourselves in the other.” I found myself in several others, who were crucial to this thawing. 1. My Boresha family, who saw my light when I was in the depth of disaster and …
Concrete, machetes, what ever could be left to top this trip of wonder and awe—only 4 days in? That would have to be driving into a non-tourist part of Guatemala City, watching Juan Carlos navigate the streets, and arriving at our final destination: a legit market that Andres didn’t even know existed. I bet you’re asking though, why exactly did Juan Carlos take us to the market for an unscheduled stop, after a long day of work?
As I walked into the classroom with Juana, all I heard was gibberish: a word here, a word there, but mostly lots of noise as the kids settled into their desks. The teacher wore jeans and a t-shirt and she quickly established order: Literature was first. The students took out these mini notebooks that looked almost like my old composition books, complete even with stickers and drawings/colors. Before the teacher began to teach, she gave the kids a talking to– …
