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Hi-Lo 3: Holding Hands and Africa

By First Person Foreign on October 26, 2018

The weekend was ending.
I was excited to get back to Santa Clara, to my bed, to my home.
We bid Ryan goodbye, Sabrina and I, and got on a bus. The first of many. These are two lady volunteers who I didn’t know before service. Ryan lives in a pueblo…

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Abuelita Beauty Guatemala Hard Thing Hi-Lo Host Family K'iche' Not From Here Peace Corps Returning to the USA Wonders

Hi-Lo 2: Screaming Babies and Crying Grandmas

By First Person Foreign on October 19, 2018

I ran past the place where I fell and I didn’t fall. There was no chucha to scare me off the road and onto the sidewalk which is why the whole thing happened. To be clear: the chucha was simply running next to me, she did not lash out…

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Beauty Everyday Guatemala Hi-Lo K'iche' Not From Here Peace Corps Wonders

Hi-Lo 1: Of Witches and Güipiles

By First Person Foreign on October 15, 2018

My sister founded an Inner-City Soccer League in 2010. Every week she would pick-up a group of young kids and bring them to a church program. My sister would ask for everyone’s Hi-Lo on the ride: What was a highlight and a low point of their day? I remember…

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