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Bodies, 5 Observations from a Newb.

By First Person Foreign on October 9, 2016

In no particular order.

The Front Seat:

My host mom sat with me in the back of her car and her two sons sat up front. Francisco & Javier are in their 30s, Rosa Maria is in her mid-50s.
It struck me that she was not sitting in the front. I didn’t…

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Language Class, 7th day in Guatemala

By First Person Foreign on October 5, 2016

My first week in Guatemala! Bailamos!

I stood over the pila tonight, brushing my teeth and wondering about my 20s and how I got to 30. It’s the stuff you shouldn’t think about when you’re brushing your teeth. You forget to stop brushing. Also, it’s in the past Simba. No…

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Sick. 6th Day in Guaté, 7th Day in Peace Corps

By First Person Foreign on October 5, 2016

Well it wasn’t before long that I was in the infirmary, laying on a bed of Guatemalan textiles, crying.

I had my first in-country cry, and that was about Nana.

This was my first in-country-WTF-cry*. My stomach had un globo in it and it simply sat and caused me pain. Not…

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