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August 4th, 2011 - 6:12 am § in Argentina, Op Ed, Uncategorized, Volunteer

What’s God got to do with it? Volunteering for Faith Based NGOs

For the past several months I have been volunteering with a non-denominational Christian NGO. If you are like me four months ago, you may be asking yourself, “What the hell does that mean?! …Does that mean I can’t say hell?” What this means is that families do not need to be religious to re[...]

November 21st, 2010 - 8:42 pm § in Culture, Guatemala

Traveling’s Divine Perspective

A Jew, Catholic, Muslim, and atheist walk into a bar. Despite the cheap lead off, there’s no punch line. It is just the typically diverse sampling of another Friday night abroad, an amazing assembly often overlooked. It is so easy to be surrounded by our own demographic at home that we are rarely [...]

August 12th, 2010 - 7:00 pm § in Around Town, Culture, Dominican Republic

Reference to God in Daily Conversation

After realizing the seemingly vulnerable and unprotected situation in which you live, you are left to either live a stressful and fearful life or to recognize God’s presence.[...]

July 1st, 2010 - 8:36 pm § in Around Town, Costa Rica, Culture, Volunteer

Working on Working with Dios

Being surrounded by co-workers who believe in something you don´t can be stressful, but I´m working on it. [...]

May 25th, 2010 - 5:02 pm § in Culture, Day in the Life, Guatemala, In the Field

Loaded Questions on Wheels: Politics and God

Converted school buses with psychedelic spray paint on the sides are called chicken buses in Guatemala and yes, live chickens are welcome on board. Sometimes I am the lone foreigner, the Gringa Queen of the Chicken Bus. Squeezed between a sac of potatoes and  fellow riders, I have confronted the co[...]

September 29th, 2009 - 10:38 am § in Around Town, Colombia, Volunteer

Volunteering at a Religious Organization When You´re Not Religious

While I respect peaceful religion, I’m not religious. Not at all. It wasn’t until my third visit that I came to realize Futuro Juvenil is a devoutly Christian organization. Sure, I had seen the chapel in the estate. But I wasn’t aware that the foundation is centered around Christia[...]





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