Photo Gallery – Spain/Morocco 2013-2
Growth & Healing
9/30/2013 The last week here in Granada has been a rollercoaster. Our group has had its highs and lows. But what’s important is that we are all growing; academically and spiritually. This past Saturday we were blessed with a day trip to the beautiful city of Seville. Unfortunately, Carol, our fearless leader, and Amanda were....
Photo Gallery-China 2013-3
Reflections on First Two Weeks of Homestays
Sept. 21, 2013 We have been very busy since our last blog post from Spain. Since Barcelona we have spent the last two weeks settling into our new host families and school routines in Granada. Before lunch every weekday we spend 4 hours in intensive Spanish language classes and 1 hour in a Spanish Civilation....
Las Alpujarras
Last Sunday (Sept. 8) we visited a region between the Sierra Nevadas and the Mediterranean called Las Alpujarras. 聽Although quite small, these villages are famous for the terraced farmlands that surround them, a unique mini-ecology due to melting snow from higher up the mountains, great for producing bottled water that is sold throughout the rest....
Photo Gallery-China 2013-1
Beijing and The Great Wall
China has been wonderful so far! We’ve seen and experienced so many things already that it feels like we’ve been here much longer than we have. We visited an art district in Beijing. This is basically a small town inhabited only by artists and their studios. There is something to be said about an intentional....
Exploring Barcelona
Our travels could not have gone more smoothly. Although we were exhausted when we arrived to Barcelona, we had all of our luggage, had made our connecting flight, and were greeted by our guide–Jim of the tour company “Good Barcelona”–who happens to be Australian, not Spanish. Jim was easy to find due to his bright....
D.C.
D.C. Lights, sirens, and city sounds, Black, yellow, and brown all around. Everyone rushing with no attention paid The many heads that have no place to be laid. What is justice without oppression? Sadness and pain with hungry aggression. Lives destroyed all for a dollar sign. Build it all new, an expensive design. Mike it....
OYE work at San Jose Elementary
After two weeks in Copan Ruinas, a beautiful and important historical and cultural site in Western Honduras, at a La Guacamaya Spanish School, the group dedicated a week of their program to volunteer with OYE and learn about youth development efforts and national reality with OYE (Organization for Youth Empowerment). The 91大神 students spent the....