Recently I have been torn between writing about my current city, Guayaquil, or returning to my favorite Inca town in Peru, Ollantaytambo. This week I decided to return in my writing to the Sacred Valley in Peru, in order introduce my source of renewed inspiration in my teaching craft. This inspirati[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Inspiration’
September 14th, 2010 - 8:41 am § in Around Town, Chile, In the Field, Looking for Opportunity, Tips & Resources, Volunteer
“Follow Your Bliss”
It’s an odd sensation going through the same orientation I went through three months ago as a new volunteer, only this time as an “antigua” rather than a “newbie,” as VE Global likes to refer to their respective volunteers. Being on the side of preparation and serving r[...]
Mother Hen
In the past week I bid my family of Honduran friends farewell, packed my things, moved continents (now in Santiago, Chile!), found a new apartment, learned a new public transportation system, and visited three offices of Fondo Esperanza (the new Kiva partner I’m working with). This morning[...]
5 Surprises About International Volunteering: #5 – We’re All Connected
Over the last several weeks, we’ve been writing about the things that we didn’t quite expect as international volunteers: disorganized organizations, language non-barriers and living with less. This week, we’re getting into the biggie – the most profound “surpriseR[...]
September 2nd, 2009 - 7:41 pm § in Around Town, Country, Ecuador, In the Field, Looking for Opportunity, Tips & Resources, Volunteer
They Are Us
Last week, we talked about our new friend, Cat, who is yearning to break out of her current lifestyle in order to try something different – something that allows her to tap into her altruistic side. Tired of friends and family who aren’t being supportive, she’s been talking to us f[...]
Finding Inspiration
We just had an interesting get-together with a friend of a friend. Some backstory…Our mutual friend had told this person, Cat, that we had made some major life changes and that it had all started when we had decided to take several months off from life-as-we-knew-it in order to do some volun[...]
