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My placement was pretty frustrating the first week because NO ONE there speaks a word of English and i only speak poquito spanish, but now I´ve learned every word you could ever need in the kitchen, including every utensil, every fruit and vegetable (and they have about 20 fruits and vegetables that we don´t have in the U.S., including a strawberry with 4 inch red and orange hairs all over it, it´s called "Licha"), towels, aprons, etc. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I spend my day either peeli… Continue

You hear people say "Money can't buy happiness," and it sounds like such a cliche, but I now know this to be true on a personal level. On Wednesday, 11/5/08, after lunch, we drove to a small remote village in the mountains. Even though it's only about 15 kilometers from the home base, it took us about 35 mintues to get there because of the conditions and EXTREME inclines and declines of the roads. The small community of people who live there create the most intricate pottery I've ever seen - wit… Continue

I've now been in Guatemala for 6 days and I've already done sooo much!!!!! My placement is at the Comedor Kitchen, which is a soup kitchen here in Guatemala City. We make lunch for approximately 100 people every day. My tasks usually consist of things like chopping and cleaning vegetables, meats, etc. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I get to go to the Mercado Centrale, which is the local market, to collect donations of vegetables and meats....it is unbelievable....so many fruits and vegetables that yo… Continue