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following the prints: December 2010
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Going where they lead. What Ill be doing in Guatemala. Tuesday, December 28, 2010. Some things require two tries… but they’re definitely worth it! Before Christmas, I shared my excitement over learning how to play in Xela. I love it! A part of my playing turned into volcano climbing. There’s a 3500 meter volcano that you can see from outside my window of my room. It haunts me, calls to me, and dares me to go visit it. So, I finally did. Twice. Quiet morning from the volcano. Carlos and I on the descent.
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Guat's the Word?: August 2010
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Thursday, August 26, 2010. Sorry for the delay. This address can be used to send "non-valuable and non-urgent" items. If you send a box it will stop in Guatemala City, be taxed, and wait and wait and wait for me to come and pick it up. :) But the puffy manila envelopes should make it through. You can expect it to take 10 days (usually) to 3 weeks (occasionally). In other words, the postal system runs on "Guatemalan time". The Gift of The Cloud. But with the exception of today, it's been unusually cloudy.
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Guat's the Word?: October 2010
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Sunday, October 31, 2010. Best Buy work team and 6th grade class painting one of our partner (public) schools. I took this one for you, mom. Detail work! The mission of Common Hope is Common Hope to promote hope and opportunity in Guatemala, partnering with children, families, and communities who want to participate in a process of development to improve their lives through education, health care, and housing. The evolution of the oven. So housing, health, aaaand. education! We plan and model interactive...
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Guat's the Word?: March 2011
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Whew what a long, full, energizing and completely draining, life-giving day. Ash Wednesday. Miercoles de cenizas. At 9:00 we have mass," they tell me at school. 'As in, 400 students go to mass? With them), reach your friends chair, poke your fingers through, push on them with your feet, etc. When it's time to kneel, during the Lord's Supper, you can actually get. About this time I hear the priest asking how many days passed between Jesus' death and resurrection? Little hands sta...
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Guat's the Word?: June 2011
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Thursday, June 30, 2011. I've been learning Spanish for a loooooong time, and man, would Ms. Nobles be proud to see where I've gotten after those first few, rocky years. And still, every once in a while, a word or saying grabs me by the heart or makes my ears perk up in curiosity. So, I thought I would share a few of my favorites. This is just my favorite Spanish word. It means bubbles, and it's fun to say. Burbujas. This is an oldie, but goodie. Me encanta chocolate. Me encanta la playa. Basically just ...
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following the prints: A small rant...
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Going where they lead. What Ill be doing in Guatemala. Sunday, January 6, 2013. Just this week, in a conversation with a friend, I espoused my theory that 95% of this world's issues are based upon poor, or a complete lack of, communication. If you are not communicating your needs with one another, there can never be a compromise that helps everyone succeed at this thing we are all in together - life. Our habits and desires should never, ever, come above the needs for basic survival for hundreds of thousa...
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Another Year in Chacos: new beginnings
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Well, I got back from Guatemala about 1 and a half weeks ago, and will be leaving for San Anotonio in about a week and a half. Can you believe it, world? It's been weird but nice to be back home- enjoying foods I haven't eaten in a whole year (like Pad Thai and Diet Dr. Pepper), blending in in crowds (no longer the tallest or the whitest person, huzzah! And being able to run and exercise in my neighborhood without worries. Posted by Juli's Journey. August 14, 2011 at 12:23 AM. August 17, 2011 at 3:54 PM.
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following the prints: June 2011
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Going where they lead. What Ill be doing in Guatemala. Thursday, June 30, 2011. Happy retirement, daddy! Today is my dad's last day at work. For my entire life, my dad has worked incredibly hard and instilled in me a work ethic and leadership ethic that I will always be grateful for. Care about my dad! Now, he gets to work hard at retirement and enjoy it with his whole being. And he's really, really excited! 161;Felicidades, Papá! See you when you come on your first retirement vacation in August! We foun...
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following the prints: July 2011
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Going where they lead. What Ill be doing in Guatemala. Sunday, July 31, 2011. What have you learned? My facebook status summary of 4 pages of processing. Este noche, durante la cena, el abuelo me preguntó que aprendí durante mi tiempo en Guatemala. Cultura, idioma,. Un montón de curiosidades al azar. Y lo más importante, como amar y aceptar el amor en cambio. Saturday, July 30, 2011. Why are we so afraid of emotions? Umm…(as I looked around through the sky frantically searching for the big dipper) ...
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