“What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the mornings, what you will do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.”

-Pedro Arrupe

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Today in La Providencia

Today we woke up early and headed to La Providencia, about twenty minutes from San Lucas. Mr. Courtney's friend Gustavo invited us to come work on the project that he's been working on for a while. In La Providencia, we got to work with a college group from Wisconsin who were building a hydropower generator for the community. We were given the job to stack rocks and move dirt to make a path. After lunch we all got together and moved concrete up a hill, which I would have to say it got a bit exhausting. It was a great feeling to finish by 5:15. I think that today was the first day where we actually got the feeling how hard Guatemalans work, but it was overall really fun.
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  1. JohnMarch 18, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    Aloha Melissa-
    It really makes you appreciate all the modern equipment we have back home to do the tedious work off digging holes & trenches, etc. Those people only know hard, back-breaking work, as they can't afford all the expensive, modern, earth digging equipment we have. You'll undoubtedly come back home with a respect of the hard working peoples there, and the admiration of their simplicity. Enjoy your stay, and learn much from them.
    Love, Mom & dad

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  2. Melissa PlatoMarch 18, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    Thanks dad and mom! Can't wait to come back home and tell you all about it.

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