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By Channing Lewis Waking up on Friday morning I found myself excited to get out of bed. I didn’t know why, as days before, I was feeling homesick and not like myself. But for some reason, this Friday, I caught myself feeling like the best version of me. All thanks to a boy whose name … Continue reading No Named Boy →

By Justin Parlier The word I would use to describe my time in Guatemala is eye-opening.  I had no prior knowledge about how Guatemalans live in the cities and small villages that we have stayed in and visited.  I would like to inform the people reading this about some of the things that I have … Continue reading Eye-Opening →

By Laurraine Ishimwe When I was a leader on Thursday, we went to San Lucas Toliman, a larger community on Lake Atitlán to the southeast of Cerro de Oro, in order to find our own lunch spot in groups and then explore the languages in the vicinity. We had to look around and find out … Continue reading Indigenous Languages →

By Melody Lin Although people feel like they are doing nothing of importance in their daily lives, they can become a butterfly and have influence in the form of hurricanes on the other side of the earth. Language is the way that we humans connect and communicate and therefore it can deeply impact our lives. … Continue reading Butterflies & Bird Cages →

By Maggie Lancaster So somebody dropped their phone in the water today, and while that may seem really insignificant, it made me start thinking. A combination of this trip and the work I am doing this week in AP Psychology (Smartphones, Mental Health, and You) have really forced me to stop and think about how … Continue reading Cell Phones – A Tool for understanding →

By TGO As many Americans don't know, the Guatemalan Civil Conflict (1960-1996) was an American-fueled and ambitious meddling with Guatemalan affairs. The result was the mass killing and disappearing of the local Mayan population. The United Fruit Company saw developing Guatemala as an extremely profitable and cheap place to buy huge amount of land to … Continue reading A Return to Normalcy – Life After the Guatemalan Civil Conflict →

By JP Stitt During my day as leader of the day, the group visited two towns by boat.  We jumped off a 12-meter-tall jump into the lake, explored the towns on foot, ate food, took Spanish lessons, and hung out.  It was probably my favorite day so far, but not just because it was fun. … Continue reading Tourism & Perspective →

By Enrique Reid As we only questioned people in the city of Antigua, I think it would be unfair to extrapolate our discoveries to the entire nation. Despite this, there were some interesting findings that the Guatemalan people shared with us. They informed us that the Guatemalan school year begins in January and ends in … Continue reading Education in Guatemala →