Traveling back from the DR was a rough transition. We left the base at 2 am, some didn’t sleep on the bus ride to the airport in Santiago, or any of the plane rides to New York or LA, or the ride back from LA to Hume. When we got home, many of us slept for over 12 hours, and some of us go to bed by 8-9 pm now, more-less. This week was mellow
In the midst of a snowstorm starting, LA traffic, and pure exhaustion; we made it home from the DR, safe and sound. We left Jarabocoa, around two in the morning on Saturday and had a full day of travel. We made it back to Joshua around one in the morning the next day. We were all very tired but happy to be home. A lot us of spent Sunday asleep and only were awake to
Friends and family; the last day has come. For a lot of people, it’s a bitter sweet day where we now have to say goodbye to the people that we’ve been building relationships with for the past two weeks. A lot of people are pretty excited to go back to the States, although just about everyone would say that they’ll miss the amazing people and the laid back culture here. I definitely could get used
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ he is a new creation.” – 2 Corinthians 5:17 I want to share with all of you something that happened yesterday that made me think of this verse. Long story short, two women from the social work site in El Callejon, both expecting a baby girl very soon, had commissioned me with the task of painting cute signs with the babies’ names on them. So I spent two afternoons
Hey everyone! This is Kenzie, I have been working at Mata Gorda these past two weeks. It has been quite the eye opener. I am working with 3-4 year olds. The culture these kids are growing up in is so rich in relationships. They are community and family based. Their doors are always open. Someone can just walk right in, talk and have coffee. The thing that I see quite often at my site is
A day in the life of a student at Education El Callejon. Every day has a similar layout for the students starting with some worship songs whether it be Abre mis ojos O Christo (Open the eyes of my heart Lord) or a song that the wonderful Grace Euerle sings which changes day to day. Then we go and do a bible story. Next, we have an activity with the kids that is usually meant