Just want to give a QUICK update. I went on the trip this weekend and have a couple of cute stories to share but I started volunteering yesterday. Yesterday and today have been very busy for me so I have had time to post. I met friends for drinks after volunteering and before dinner yesterday and then had homework. Today, they same friends and I are going to a lecture about a school in a nearby town for children with Autism.
Volunteering will have to be a post by itself. They kids are great and precious but the services the children recieve are very sad to me. I am hoping yesterday was not representative of all they recieve but I am afraid it is. Yesterday I had 5 kiddos by myself all with varying degrees of mental retardation. Only one had true language (although severely delayed and only when he wanted to talk) and one other had some language. My lack of Spanish really got in thw way too. Anyway...more later. Hopefully tomorrow afternoon.
About Me
- Alicia
- In 2007, Tim and I spent our honeymoon in Costa Rica and Guatemala. The next year, 2008, I spent 5 weeks in Antigua, Guatemala participating in an immersion program to learn Spanish. I stayed with a local family, had one-on-one language instruction, and generally experienced and learned their wonderful culture. I loved it and the people so much, I'm going back for 4 weeks in 2009. And this time, a friend is coming along. Each year, same destination, slightly different trip, each with great stories and memories. ~Enjoy~
Antigua, Guatemala 2008
Antigua, Guatemala 2007
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