Thursday, February 4, 2010

Guatemala Service and Learning Trip 2010

It's an extremely exciting time of year around the school. This year's International Service and Learning Trip will be departing for Guatemala at the end of this week.

This year, the group will focus on serving different areas around Guatemala. Our planned service
activities include further development of the daycare at Lo de Carranza (an initiative the Guatemala
2009 group worked on), running programs for a children's group at Santiago Atitlan and helping to
promote the newly developing eco-tourism industry in San Marcos by helping with construction of a
cabin. Along the way we will meet new friends and hear their stories about day-to-day life in this
exciting country. We'll also be participating in two home-stays (one in Santiago and one in San
Marcos), exploring ecology and supporting their economy by bartering in local markets. All in all this
year's trip is full of adventure.

The participants of the trip include: Katie Baschak, Samantha Bloomfield, Laura Civica, Callahan Collier, Luke Derksen, Danika Epp, Erik Epp, Heather Epp, Brayden Holman, Hugo Malan, Taylor Roy, Allison Schmidt, and Steven Tetreault. Chaperones of the trip are Carmen Pauls, Jim Epp, and Geraldine Balzer (board member).

We will try to update this space as often as possible and will do our best to share our story as it unfolds.

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

1 comment:

S said...

Hi Taylor We are so proud of you. Great job. Have a great trip. Come home safe. xo Cousins Rob & Stella