Yesterday was the official start of our vacation from the schools in La Limonada. My original plan: sleep, coffee, blogging, laundry, more sleep, lunch, etc. Tita and the gang from the schools were going to take the team visiting from Origins Church and some of the gang members to the volcano for a hike. I [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Breaking Chains
Posted in Guate, just because..., passion on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Branching Out
Posted in beautiful nightmare, becoming who I want to be, love, prayer on March 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Limon side of the ghetto has been experiencing an increase in violence in the past month. The team at La Limon has decided to start doing something about this. We have decided to begin making home visits more of a priority, after the Semana Santa holiday. Today, I got to go on my first [...]
Release
Posted in becoming who I want to be, La Limon, prayer, visitors on March 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For the past couple of weeks, the team serving at La Limon has been dealing with difficulties on our side of the ghetto. There has been a surge of violence. Families falling apart. Increase in gang activity. Various family problems with different students coming to surface. All of these, and more, have been weighing heavily [...]
Life
Posted in beautiful nightmare, becoming who I want to be, crazy things that happen in the ghetto, love, visitors on March 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I am fortunate this morning to have some time to reflect on things that I’ve seen and heard in the ghetto in the last two weeks. My mind absently goes back to the unhappy things… while I know that there is joy around every corner. I figure the best way to handle this is to [...]
Visiting Team
Posted in visitors on March 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week La Limonada is being visited by several teams of missionaries from different places. The Lemonade house is hosting a group of seven from Boulder, Colorado. This group consists of 5 men and two women. In the last 24 hours I have heard at least 4 songs made up about one group or the other… [...]
In A Day
Posted in beautiful nightmare, compassion, prayer on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The last 24 hours have been a roller coaster of emotions. I started yesterday morning with the news that Cherie had purchased my plane ticket home to visit my family in May. I was so happy… not because I want to leave Guatemala, but because it’s been over 3 months since I have seen my [...]
A Day In The Life Of My Sunglasses
Posted in crazy things that happen in the ghetto, just because..., La Limon on March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What happens when the kids get ahold of my sunglasses…
Highs, Lows, and Survival
Posted in beautiful nightmare, following my heart, La Limon, prayer on March 14, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Just like every other person on the planet, I go through highs and lows. I just have to remember that this is normal… although I think that Americans like to pretend that things are ‘great’ or ‘fine’ all the time. On our way home from Antigua yesterday, the traffic was awful. Once we got closer [...]
Clumsy
Posted in how you ruin something that you love on March 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, I don’t know what’s wrong with me lately. Last week I slipped on an orange peel and sprained my foot. I am fully recovered from that injury. Today, while in Antigua… I fell off the sidewalk and sprained my other ankle. Seriously?? I realize that I am a clumsy person… I fell and then [...]
Lice
Posted in crazy things that happen in the ghetto, La Limon on March 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Since I have been working in the ghetto, I have had multiple people ask me if I have gotten lice yet. The answer is still no. However, several of the teachers who have constant contact with the same kids have had lice. Today, I got to experience lice for the first time. One of the [...]
