Buenos Noches again dear readers! It is so hard to believe that we only have one more full day here in San Cristobal. For me this day began and ended in tears. This morning when I went to get my coffee at breakfast time I was suddenly overcome by a wave of homesickness. I felt [...]
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Do you see what I see?
Posted in Chiapas 2012, tagged Chiapas, homesick, poverty, San Cristobal, seeing on 01.25.2012 | 5 Comments »
Hoy Dia a La Manana
Posted in Announcements, Chiapas 2012, tagged Chiapas, Weaving Cooperatives on 01.24.2012 | 1 Comment »
The title of this post is “From Today To Tomorrow.” It is the title of a poem I wrote on Saturday which I will include at the end of my post. This past Saturday, we met with women from 3 different weaving cooperatives. The patterns and styles of each community’s weavings are unique. The vast [...]
CEDEMM
Posted in Chiapas 2012, tagged CEDEMM, Chiapas, Maya, Mayan, medicine, OMIECH on 01.24.2012 | 2 Comments »
Buenas Tardes dear reader. It is now 4:30 pm on Monday and it seems I have been on my feet the entire day except to eat lunch. As I told you before we did have a later start today. It was 10:00 am when most of us set out on foot to walk (some of [...]
Chamula: The Festival of San Sebastian
Posted in Chiapas 2012, tagged Chamula, Chiapas, Festival of San Sebastian on 01.23.2012 | 3 Comments »
Hola, queridas! Our visit to Chamula was several days ago now (Fri), but many of the images I saw there are still running through my mind. This is a very special event for the people of Chamula, and the celebration lasts for several days with the peak on the day we were visiting. This day, [...]
Acteal and Las Abejas (The Bees)
Posted in Chiapas 2012, tagged Acteal, communion, Las Abejas, massacre, pray on 01.23.2012 | 3 Comments »
Buenas Noches dear reader! What an awesome day! The experience in Acteal is one I will never forget. We have had many of those moments on this trip, but this was truly a highlight. We left around nine this morning in two vans and rode out of San Cristobal up into the hills to the [...]
Photos from trip to Acteal
Posted in Chiapas 2012 on 01.22.2012 | 3 Comments »
Holy Things
Posted in Chiapas 2012, tagged communion, Las Abejas, pray, weaving co-operative on 01.22.2012 | 4 Comments »
We have been experiencing some very incredible, very holy things in our days here in Chiapas. The days are moving so quickly that before it really “sinks in” that we only have three more days, we will be on our way home. Today we worshiped with Las Abejas, a community of indigenous people who suffered [...]
Photo glimpse of Saturday’s activities
Posted in Chiapas 2012 on 01.21.2012 | 3 Comments »
Walking to a weaver’s collective for women in San Cristobal
Two sides of the “autonomous” coin
Posted in Announcements, Chiapas 2012 on 01.21.2012 | 1 Comment »
In an earlier post, one of my companeras talked about La Universidad de la Tierra. I wanted to add just a few more thoughts (okay, more than a few) … The resources that were developed and are now cared for by the students in the community are pretty amazing. They generate their own electricity. They [...]
The Cost of Privilege
Posted in Chiapas 2012, tagged Chamula, Chiapas, Magdelenas, San Cristobal, Tzotzil, weave, Zapatista on 01.21.2012 | 1 Comment »
Buenos Dias dear reader. It is hard to believe this is Saturday already! At least that is what the calendar on my laptop says…I have lost complete track of time! I do want to catch you up on the last two and half days, but first I will tell you about our reflection time on [...]
