Emelin with a crown of flowers.
Inez and Tia Leslie
Making "memelas" for the dogs with dona Francisca
A beautiful sunrise in Soledad Grande.Here we are in 2011 already! Hard to believe that I only have TEN months left in Guatemala!
I had a wonderful two week vacation at home for Christmas. I've always loved the Christmas season, but being able to spend so much time with family and friends made it even more special this year. I feel truly blessed to have such wonderful people in my life! The weather even cooperated; allowing for a beautiful white Christmas (it'd been two years since I'd seen snow!), and clear skies for my trip back to Guate.
Now that I'm back in Soledad Grande I'm gearing up for my last year of service. The kids go back to school either this week or next week (nobody ever knows what the real date is...), so I'm working on organizing lesson plans for the school year. I'm excited to continue with our school gardens and add some more diverse topics and projects, including teaching about the environment and painting a world map mural at one of the schools.
Work with my women's groups has been a bit slow- many women are spending lots of their time harvesting coffee or snow peas right now. Or if they aren't harvesting, they're busy preparing lunch all morning, then taking it to their husbands/sons/brothers in the fields at lunch time. I'm hoping that they'll be ready to get back into a schedule of regular meetings soon!
I had a wonderful two week vacation at home for Christmas. I've always loved the Christmas season, but being able to spend so much time with family and friends made it even more special this year. I feel truly blessed to have such wonderful people in my life! The weather even cooperated; allowing for a beautiful white Christmas (it'd been two years since I'd seen snow!), and clear skies for my trip back to Guate.
Now that I'm back in Soledad Grande I'm gearing up for my last year of service. The kids go back to school either this week or next week (nobody ever knows what the real date is...), so I'm working on organizing lesson plans for the school year. I'm excited to continue with our school gardens and add some more diverse topics and projects, including teaching about the environment and painting a world map mural at one of the schools.
Work with my women's groups has been a bit slow- many women are spending lots of their time harvesting coffee or snow peas right now. Or if they aren't harvesting, they're busy preparing lunch all morning, then taking it to their husbands/sons/brothers in the fields at lunch time. I'm hoping that they'll be ready to get back into a schedule of regular meetings soon!
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