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“Mondays Are Hard Here Too” And Other Easing-In Stories

By First Person Foreign on January 5, 2017

This is a patchwork of all the feels from week one. As wavering as unrooted as the feelings were, they came and went like the incumbent GI issues I experienced.
I laid on the cold tile, looking up at the ceiling. A beam runs across the room, cutting me across…

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Arrival into Site: The First Morning

By First Person Foreign on January 5, 2017

On my first night:
As we eat, I look over at Doña Clara at 88 years old as she calmly eats. As her daughter teaches me K’iche words, she erupts in laughter, her body doesn’t move but her mouth expels these giant laughs. She eats humbly, contentedly, next to the…

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Week Seven: Thank Heaven You’re Done.

By First Person Foreign on November 22, 2016

Week Seven was a pile of dung. Not really.
It was like a roller coaster and I came close to high-fiving Heaven’s gates and dragging my shoes through piles of poo every on a 4-hour rotation. Lowlights were: practicum and practicum and practicum. Highlights were Host Mom, Host Mom, Friend of…

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