by Tyson | Aug 26, 2011 | Corazón del Pastor, Teams, Volunteering
August has come and is almost over. With The arrival of August came the arrival of two teams from Canada. The first, a team from Hamilton, Ontario, led by a former volunteer, Tia Jeanette. The second was a team from Elevation Church in Waterloo, Ontario. This team...
by Tyson | Aug 24, 2011 | General, Volunteering
Well, it’s been a little over three months since I arrived in Bolivia and I can hardly believe that I only have a week left before I head home! The homeward bound feeling is a bittersweet one. I am excited to see my family and friends and to start an internship at my...
by Tyson | Aug 23, 2011 | Corazón del Pastor, Pedacito de Cielo, Volunteering
Yesterday I was genuinely frustrated with things in life that are out of my control, including the long, unorganized process to get my second year visa. But, there were numerous little moments throughout the day where I realized how lucky I am to live in Bolivia and...
by Tyson | Aug 10, 2011 | Corazón del Pastor, Teams, Volunteering
The team from Canada left on Saturday, but our sadness over their departure was uplifted by the festivities of “Día de la Patria Bolivia” (Bolivia’s Independence Day – August 6th). In the afternoon I was able to head downtown to the Prado with Tia Andrea...
by Tyson | Jul 25, 2011 | Volunteering
Yesterday I was on the phone with one of my good friends and she was surprised when I told her that life here seemed pretty normal to me. She had asked me to tell her all about my experience thus far and the only words I could use to describe it were ‘extraordinarily...
by Tyson | Jul 12, 2011 | Pedacito de Cielo, Volunteering
What is a family? According to Google, the definition of a family is: “A group consisting of parents and children living together in a household.” When I was younger, I believed this was an accurate, true description of a family. Everyone I knew had...
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