This is the third blog this evening chronicling our SSTT field trip to Panajachel and the surrounding area. The last major chunks of the structured field trip to Lago Atitlan included a journey from Santiago Atitlan to San Juan La Laguna, which involved another hour-long boat ride across the lake.
This is the second of three blog posts we’re putting up tonight, given the many experiences we had on our three-day trip and the many photos we took depicting those encounters. Friday began with an extraordinarily good breakfast at a restaurant overlooking gorgeous Lago Atitlan, which is surrounded by several…
We’re back on Semilla’s campus after a three-day trip east to several sites, during which we had almost no wi-fi access. I’ll be posting three different blogs tonight, so please keep checking back. Wednesday evening we celebrated Talia’s 18th birthday with local ice cream and local snacks, music chairs, and…
We began this morning with more conversation about Jesus and vocation, then took a tour of contrasting Guatemalan realities this afternoon. It’s also Talia’s 18th birthday (woot! woot!) and we’ll be celebrating that later this evening. We also experienced, during the night, an earthquake that registered 6.9 at the epicenter,…
Today was once again a full day for Goshen College’s Study-Service Term Scholars, from morning until night. We began with our 7 a.m. breakfast, then participated in a devotional time led by Lena, Leslie and Noah. Then Professor Flores led us in two sessions, one on “The Scandal of the…
Today was a day with about as much stimulation as seems possible. It began with a zesty, engaging lecture at 7:30 a.m., when most of us had had about five to six hours of sleep. Our lecturer was Hector Casteneda, who spoke powerfully for an hour about five key dates…
Since it’s after 1 a.m., we’ll be brief this evening. We arrived on SEMILLA’s beautiful campus and settled in about an hour ago, and all is quiet now. We’ll be up for an initial session at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow, then have breakfast. Today was filled with checking out of the…
Today was another full day of orientation for the Study-Service Theology Term (SSTT) on Goshen College’s campus. The day began with breakfast, worship, and then a tour of the campus led by Interim Academic Dean Jo-Ann Brant. The tour took us to the Broken Shields sculpture by John Mishler, the…
Today was a full day for the Study-Service Theology Term (SSTT) group, beginning with an 8:00 breakfast and then a full day of orientation in the offices of Goshen College’s Center for International and Intercultural Education (CIIE). Interim Academic Dean Jo-Ann Brant began the day with a brief worship service…
Nineteen of the 20 Study-Service Theology Term students arrived this evening between 4 and 11 p.m., and spent most of their hours together settling into Miller dorm, hanging out in the Connector, and playing indoor and outdoor games. It’s a rather impressive group, with lots of positive energy and engagement!…
