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75 Palabras in Guatemala


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Póngase de Pie | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

By on February 19, 2017

On February 12 when I got back to site, I could not apúrase. I was in the secuelas of Early In-Service Training and all that it encompasses (see: Overstimulation…


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El Varón | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

By on February 19, 2017

You’re pura nena. “I say that because you aren’t married” she says. “When a person is married, they are señora. But until they get married they are nena.” Oh…


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Doblar Rodillas | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

By on February 19, 2017

I’d never heard the phrase until I was in a conversation I stumbled into the first week of January.
And like with so many phrases that fly past me like…


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¿Preguntas Dudas Quejas? | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

By on February 9, 2017

Questions/Doubts/Complaints

At the end of each session, without fail, we are asked “Preguntas? Dudas? Quejas?”

And without fail, there are preguntas. Sometimes dudas. Often quejas disguised as preguntas or simply statements…


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Primeramente Dios | 75 Palabras in Guatemala

By on February 8, 2017

This is the stuff culture shock is made of.
If you’re from a country where church and state have designated playgrounds, this continent’s roots may hit you like a brick…