Our Trips

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

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Such amusing stories are shared while we eat meals...Here's one told by Sister Annie:  She was woken in the middle of the night & as...

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By  10 a.m.  coffee break, Sister Liz had already seen 10 patients besides checking on on our job...hanging towel racks.  I fixed turkey-ala...

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All decisions about what & how to build here always heavily take in consideration the future...when the Sisters hand this whole operatio...

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When we came in for breakfast at 7, the Sisters had another surprise for us...since they had not had a big Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner,...

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The Sisters live in a very nice home made out of stone--built by some Benediction nuns during the religious persecution years so it is very ...

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Our volunteer quarters is really the patients' ward so have hospital beds & a nice bathroom with hot water!  They are finishing a ne...

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San Jose Clinic...a bright, shiny star on the top of a 9000' mountain!  We were totally amazed at what the Sisters have built here in ju...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

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Sister Liz booked our hotel room in Guatemala City…the nicest…and safest which is probably why she booked it here. It is gorgeous…first hair...

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7:30 AM  we climbed into a nice van and headed to Guatemala City.  We were stopped by several people who told us there was an accident ahead...

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Images not to be forgotten:  -Old Barbie doll redressed in traditional clothing with accessories of flat pan & several tortillas -As we ...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

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Antigua...the old capital...the old, old city filled with monsterous ruins from it's glory years...and tourist from many countries.  Her...

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We left our hotel a bit after 9 and were on a bus to Antigua by  9:30 .  It was the usual "old school bus" and the road was really...

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As we headed out for the bus to Antigua, we met a great Guatemalian family that had been in the States for 6 years.  The father was getting ...

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Our last day with the girls was delightful and emotional.  We did a review and hung two poster on which I had printed all the English we had...

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Things we have seen and noticed here in Jalapa: Qtips are about 1/3 the size & strength as ours Colored pencils sold here are the ones i...

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Our English lesson with the girls was a Valentine treat for all of us   The girls were thrilled to count to 100 and actually enjoyed taking ...

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More about the man we met this morning as we waited for our ride:  he left Guatemala when he was about 27 to find a job in L.A., became a US...

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Yesterday, we scoured the streets most the day looking for things we might use to enrich the Valentine´s Day  for the children at Casa Hogar...

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Just when we begin to forget just how low the girls we are working with live, we get a `slap of reality.`  The girls had asked us to label t...

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Our days are almost routine now...breakfast of pancakes with honey, fruit, coffee & rich delicious hot chocolate at the hotel...computer...