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T-Minus Guatemala (Peace Corps Ending): Lunes sin luces

March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 First Person ForeignChanges

I woke up in enough time to get dressed and go to morning school. I already felt the lethargy heavy on my eyelids but I kept going. I figure, every step I take is a[…]

T-Minus Guatemala (Peace Corps Ending): Viernes is for Vapor and Visme

March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 First Person ForeignChanges

One of my last Fridays in Santa Clara

T-Minus Guatemala (Peace Corps Ending): Tamale Tuesdays and Tradition

February 28, 2019February 28, 2019 First Person Foreigncoffee

I told my host family on Monday night: I have a mission, and that is to buy tamales for Abby. They must be a specific tamale, not just any tamale, and they must be in[…]

T-Minus Guatemala (Peace Corps Ending): Monday in Middle Schools

February 25, 2019February 25, 2019 First Person ForeignGoodbye

My Normal Monday Working in Middle Schools with Teachers, Anticipating the Changes (well, the ones I can anticipate) and trying to flow with everything else.

Hi-Lo 10: Project Framework & Shift

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 First Person ForeignAbuelita

This week marks an exciting undertaking which is the PROJECT FRAMEWORK REVISION for Youth in Development. Basically, each Peace Corps project has a ‘logic project framework’ or in Spanish marco de trabajo that defines our project goals and[…]

Hi-Lo 8: Coffee & Romance

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 First Person ForeignBeauty

Cutting Coffee in Rural Guatemala in Santa Clara La Laguna, Sololá

You Think You Know a Place..

December 15, 2018December 16, 2018 First Person ForeignGuatemala

Vegas Blue at the Evangelical Church Coming up on my second year anniversary in site, I walked with the school group to church. Let me explain, October is Clausura Season (Graduation). October is the US’s[…]

The Double Graduation Day

December 9, 2018December 10, 2018 First Person ForeignHard Thing

I write this post to recount an especially long day. Some days do feel very long in Peace Corps, and as boring as it feels sometimes to be in the pueblo, a lot can happen[…]

The Armpit of Service: July & August

September 29, 2018September 30, 2018 First Person ForeignCultural Difference

So I made it through July and August, the absolute armpit of this year, and maybe my service. Close to something important (like Close of Service), but not there yet. The desert of work. The[…]

Maestra de Inglés

September 15, 2018September 15, 2018 First Person ForeignBeauty

Maestra de Inglés, English teacher. I’ve always wondered if the word Maestra and Master are related. Either way, I’ve never had such a title. When I gave a diplomado in early 2018, I wanted to[…]