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La Publicacion | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

By on January 12, 2017

So it’s the New Year and I haven’t heard from Socio #1. I get up the nerve to call. I leave a message: “Can I come visit the school sometime to familiarizandome? Gracias.” I still don’t know how to say goodbye on the phone in Spanish. They don’t want…


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Fomentar | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

By on January 9, 2017

December 17, 2016:
K’oliw! (kuh-olee-ew) is K’iche’ for “Is anybody here?” I say this as I walk into the kitchen.
I took my second Mayan language class (Cuerpo de Paz pays for 20 hours) and came home. Before class, I was reviewing the terms I learned in class one: “Sakirik” (sock-ee-reek)…

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