Comments for UTS Global Trips

Comment on ProMedios and Other Worlds by utsglobaltrips

utsglobaltrips — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:04:39 +0000

Teresa,
We thank you for your wonderful, thoughtful presence with us in Chiapas! It was a gift to be with you and get to know you and see into your heart! You taught us so well!
Déadra

Comment on ProMedios and Other Worlds by Teresa Ortiz

Teresa Ortiz — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:40:11 +0000

Thank you for all your comments. I want to thank you and everybody for the thoughtful way in which you entered into Chiapas and kept it in your heart. I miss you all!
Teresa

Comment on ProMedios and Other Worlds by Leaping Loon

Leaping Loon — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:05:03 +0000

Thank you, Déadra, for your reflections. It is so easy for us to take for granted our privileged place. We in the US are not as far removed from oppression as we like to think. With stories like these, and with what I am seeing in our own political system these days, I am realizing how much of my own security depends on the simple majority vote of a bunch of people thousands of miles away whom I have never met and who do not know me. Such a fragile and interdependent system sustains our way of life. And so much of our way of life comes from the suffering of people who are given no voice. As we move forward, let us not forget.

Comment on We are back! by deaterrae

deaterrae — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:08:16 +0000

And we thought no one had been able to get a picture of that moment due laughing too hard! Thanks for posting this, Pam. We just got another laugh out of it. – Erin

Comment on We are back! by bradbucs

bradbucs — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:33:18 +0000

Welcome home!!!!!

Comment on We are back! by chaplainmatt

chaplainmatt — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:22:56 +0000

Welcome back! Glad to hear y’all have safely returned!

Comment on Do you see what I see? by Tom Major

Tom Major — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:59:32 +0000

Deadra,

I so much appreciate all that you and your travel companions have shared from your trip to Chiapas! You no doubt will see many things differently upon your return to the states. It is a blessing to be able to go, and an even greater blessing to be able to see and, to a certain extent, develop greater compassion with humanity and creation.

Everyone seems to have risked much, and to have grown in the process.

Blessings and safe travels home.

Comment on Mayan temples, clay pigeons and military checkpoints by chaplainmatt

chaplainmatt — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:23:27 +0000

So glad that the checkpoints weren’t really serious problems! Here’s hoping any other checkpoints y’all might need to get through during the rest of your trip won’t be big problems either!

Comment on Do you see what I see? by Lynda

Lynda — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:04:32 +0000

What wonderful words you’ve written to describe your experiences! I am grateful for all you’ve shared and allowing us to be part of it in this way.

Comment on Do you see what I see? by Helen O'Brien

Helen O'Brien — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:45:06 +0000

Thank you for all the labor, insights and risk involved in describing in words that which must truly feel indescribable. Your words have painted small pictures of the experiences you have had, the feelings, the loneliness, the confessions, the complexity and simplicity of your encounters.
We have all missed our dear ones who are on this trip and look forward to welcoming you home with your stories.
Vaya con Dios.
Helen