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My First Dose of Reality
I, along with thirty four other classmates and chaperons, embarked on the trip of a lifetime to the poverty stricken country of El Salvador. As we each individually hauled four suitcases filled with...
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Education is Valuable and a Privledge
One of our multiple destinations to volunteer was a local school. This day consisted of laying the bricks out on the foundation of a new school room and helping out in the classrooms with the children....
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Soccer Unites
Ok, so as you guys may or may not have picked up on from my civic artifact speech that I am a huge fan of soccer. I have grown up in a hardcore soccer family, I’ve played since I was 6, although, at...
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Now let’s go back to the first day of my arrival to El Salvador. As mentioned earlier, the travel was extremely long and we had been on our feet climbing up mountains to get a view of what this Here...
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Meet Jonathon
Ok, I think it is time you all met Jonathon, one of the many kids we met along the way, but also one of whom personally left a big impact. One of the places we put our volunteer time into was building...
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A Lesson from Cement
When volunteering, the physical labor is really truly what you sign up for (and is often overlooked in the many great memories that are formed along the way). However, in El Salvador, the physical...
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I’d like to introduce you all to another person we met along our trip. Her name is Sister Gloria. As you may or may not remember, during our stay in El Salvador we were living in a convent; Sister...
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Gabriela’s Inspiration
One day on our trip, we broke our usual routine of volunteering at the local village day care, the school, and the house. Instead, we went to a nearby orphanage. This was my first trip to an orphanage...
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Meet Milton
My favorite memories and deepest inspiration comes from one special boy we met on the trip. His name is Milton. As we approached the last few days of our trip, we got a pleasant surprise: a twelve year...
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It was Worth It.
It’s hard to believe that our ten weeks of blogging are over; it’s crazy how fast this all went. From reading this blog, I hope you experienced a few moments where you had to take a step back – even if...
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