If you’ve been following my Instagram from the past couple of weeks, you would have noticed that I’ve been traveling around Guatemala quite a bit. My sister has been here visiting us here this month, and although we are still in school and working, she’s been joining us at work as a volunteer and we’ve …
For this Travel Tuesday I want to share with you my experience of Mission work abroad. Today was a crazy, busy day! First off, we are still reflecting and talking about the catastrophe that happened yesterday here in Guatemala. There are constantly new videos and photos that my teacher friends keep showing us at …
As many of you have heard already, there was a deadly volcanic eruption yesterday here in Guatemala. Volcan de Fuego is located southwest of Guatemala City. It is one of most active volcanos in Central America. It erupted yesterday in the afternoon. As soon as we heard about it, we turned on the news and …
I’ve seen a lot of travel bucket lists on different blogs and social media sites and have noticed that way too many of them don’t have Guatemala on their list! Despite all of the negative things you might have heard about traveling to Guatemala, there are so many positive aspects that I want to share …
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It’s been two years since I’ve moved out of my beautiful hometown of New Braunfels, Texas. I grew up eating Tex-Mex enchiladas, having big family celebrations, soaking up in the sun in the heat of the summer, and all the little pieces that encompass growing up in Texas. The San Antonio area has such a …
This entire week has been nothing but celebrations and happiness! The day after our anniversary was a national holiday here in Guatemala (May 1st—it’s Labor Day), so we had the day off to rest and relax, and just be together. We were still in a “love-high” from the night before, and we were reminiscing …
Yesterday, my husband and I celebrated our 2nd year anniversary. Two years of bliss and clash, and everything in between. I’m going to share with you a little background how we ended up in the place we call home. Before we got married, we had to decide where we were going to live since we …
The first 24 years of my life have been filled with a lot of joy and blessings–also hurt and sorrow. As we all know, life has its ups and its downs. I would love to sit here and write about how amazing my life has been since I’ve last written in this (sadly abandoned) blog–that’s …
Last night I had a dream where I was saying goodbye to my grandpa. I gave him the biggest hug, and it felt so real. He told me he loved me and I told him I loved him back, I couldn’t fight the tears… they were streaming down my face just as they did when …
The best thing about being married is that we don’t have to separate anymore. Prior to tying the knot, mine and Edwin’s relationship was at the core of “airport hellos” and “airport goodbyes.” We relied on our phones way too much and saved every bit of our money to spend on plane tickets to visit …
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