Dear reader, it has been quite a trip! I know you have only been able to hear about part of it so far, but I assure you that I will continue to write updates once we are back home (and I have a reliable internet connection again). You still have six more days to read [...]
Archive for May, 2011
On Our Way Home
Posted in Guatemala 2011 on 05.31.2011 | 2 Comments »
Day 03 – Behind the Beauty
Posted in Guatemala 2011 on 05.31.2011 | 1 Comment »
It was our last morning in Guatemala City; after lunch, we piled into the van for Quetzaltenango—a city that is often called by its original Mayan name, Xelaju, or Xela for short—which is about four hours away, to the southwest of Lake Atitlan. Before leaving, though, we had one last very important visit in the [...]
Communication
Posted in Guatemala 2011 on 05.31.2011 | 2 Comments »
Throughout the first eight days of our nine days in Guatemala, I have enjoyed sharing with others in so many smiles, jokes, and laughter—sometimes with my traveling companions, and also with Guatemalans. My vegetarian eating habits were so graciously accommodated by the many people whose hands served us our meals. In Quetzaltenango on Wednesday, a [...]
Evening Reflections of Day 6
Posted in Guatemala 2011 on 05.29.2011 | 4 Comments »
Every evening before bedtime, we have gathered together as a group to make space for a time of meaning. Each night includes a short worship led by one or two students, and sometimes it also includes a period of reflection, where we process the trip and our reactions to the day’s events. Tonight, on “Day [...]
In Our National Interest?
Posted in Guatemala 2011 on 05.29.2011 | 1 Comment »
Good Evening from Guatemala, We have been going around Guatemala for the past five days, and we have been learning more about its history as we travel. A topic that keeps coming to my mind is the foreign policy of the United States. The main justification for action in another country is that such action [...]
Day 02 (Part 2) – The Price of Peace
Posted in Guatemala 2011 on 05.27.2011 | 1 Comment »
Eating breakfast at Casa Emaus is a colorful experience. Right outside the kitchen area is an enclosed patio. Flower bushes line three sides of the patio, and the fourth side opens out into the central garden. The trellises with the hanging red-and-yellow tumbergia flowers provide a perfect attraction for quick-winged hummingbirds to feast. It’s hard [...]
A Night on the Town
Posted in Guatemala 2011 on 05.26.2011 | 5 Comments »
What trip out of the country would be complete without at least one night on the town? No surprise, Tim, David, Patrick and I found what I hope weren’t the hippest bars in Quetzaltenango on Wednesday night. To start, we checked out the hostel/bar/restaraunt across the street from our hotel, The Black Cat. There, after [...]
A Canopy of Hope
Posted in Guatemala 2011 on 05.26.2011 | 1 Comment »
Prelude: The day of our meeting with FAMDEGUA, I took a moment to sit and reflect on the plants growing from the seminary’s ceilings. I wanted to write something that related to the Maya’s suffering and great loss. The plants became a metaphor for this understanding, alongside my own theology of what it means to [...]
A visit with Families of Missing and Detained Persons
Posted in Guatemala 2011 on 05.25.2011 | 1 Comment »
Our lives have been touched and forever changed by our visit with Blanca and the work of FAMDEGUA…Families of Missing and Detained Persons in Guatemala. Our visit there this morning was powerful…here are a few photos to share with you as a partial description of our experience today. – Karen Evenson (ke)
Karen’s photos 3
Posted in Guatemala 2011 on 05.25.2011 | Leave a Comment »
Each day, I’ve been able to take some time to take photos that are meaningful for me in remembering the beauty of Guatemala, the people we meet, the people in our group, and of the experience we’re having here together. I hope that these photos are as meaningful for you, as they are for me. [...]
