By Ashton Willcox Guat-Time On our first full day in Guatemala City, the group decided to go to a Festival run by the UN in Guatemala City first, it was interesting,however it seemed “fake” as me and both Mr.Kempe noted. Next, we decided to go to the market, as we looked around the numerous little … Continue reading Guat-Time
By Dr. Little I must say, the Guatemala trip this year has flung itself into the idea of Connections in ways I never could have imagined. Seeing a village on the coast of Guatemala suffering the effects of climate change in the same way the Junior Immersion trip sees Tangier suffering puts an exclamation point … Continue reading Connections Surround Us
By Willem Fox Today, I was leader with McKinley and I personally really enjoyed it. We started out the day with some volunteer work at IMAP, where we helped move rocks and build a terrace. We were carrying rocks and digging them up to build terraces for the trail. It was a solid hour and … Continue reading Connections that Count
By McKinley Howard The sleepiest day of the trip. That Tuesday morning everybody woke with groans. Not groans from being unhappy or upset, but groans from sleep deprivation. We all woke up around 4:40am, as the sun was just peaking through. I personally, had not been up this early in months. As everyone awoke, we … Continue reading ‘Sleepy’ days
By Mr. Kempe
We have spent hours discussing important things together. If we could, we would love to share all of these conversations with those not lucky enough to join us. We can't do that. But we can share some reflections from a question we all tried to answer earlier in the trip: How has this trip changed … Continue reading Cuestion Grupal
Our time on the shore of Lake Atitlan has been busy. We have explored several of the many villages dotted above the clear blue water, played soccer and basketball with local children, eaten incredible food, learned about the travesty of the Guatemalan Civil War, helped build a farming terrace, learned about permaculture and its connection … Continue reading Spanish Lessons; Our Road to Understanding
By Sophie Heath Last night many of us woke up very early to the rumbling of a distant earthquake. While I personally did not wake up to this “disturbance,” many of us were shocked by this first experience in Guatemala City before we’d even seen the sun here. During the day we decided to take … Continue reading Food as a Window (from the beginning of the trip)
By Amanda Hirsch (and published late by Mr. Alter...) June 1st
By Destiny Gonzales We never learned his name. I wish we could have spent more time with the children at the restaurant, Calle Real, and gotten to know them. I went from eating my lunch on the restaurant patio, to playing soccer with two younger boys on the sidewalk, to giving the boy a hug … Continue reading We never learned his name
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