by | Mar 21, 2016 | Alternative Spring Break 2016, Delegations, Lessons from El Espino
My name is Natalia (Yaya) Miller-Forrest and I am 14 years old. I am part of the Immaculate Heart of Mary confirmation class. I participated in the Alternative Spring Break trip as my retreat requirement for my first year of confirmation preparation. For the ASB...
by | Mar 18, 2016 | Alternative Spring Break 2016, Delegations, Lessons from El Espino
This trip is providing fruitful experiences, which I hope will benefit people other than myself. It’s a whole new world here in El Salvador, and the lives of people here are greatly affected by violence that I have had the luxury of not knowing. Yesterday we went to...
by | Mar 17, 2016 | Alternative Spring Break 2016, Delegations, Lessons from El Espino
Today we went to Santiago Texacuangos to visit the coffee cooperative, and I’ll be honest, I don’t know my way up from down here. But the city, the city is so beautiful I can’t help but watch it go by, a mish-mash of homes and restaurants and markets. From the...
by | Mar 16, 2016 | Alternative Spring Break 2016, Delegations, Lessons from El Espino
Before I came on this trip to El Salvador Anna and Andrea gave us an idea of what it would be like, and even though I have seen what they were talking about I have noticed that some things were left out. For example, they said that we would be living with families but...
by | Mar 16, 2016 | Alternative Spring Break 2016, Delegations, Lessons from El Espino
This morning was a little rough getting up. Just a little stiff from the first day. But when I woke up, I woke up to a very hot and delicious warm banana smoothie. It was amazing. Today we spent a lot of the day at the school. I loved every bit of it. When the bus was...
by | Mar 14, 2016 | Alternative Spring Break 2016, Delegations, Lessons from El Espino, Words from the President
The fourth annual Mesa Catholic/Centro de Intercambio y Solidaridad/Foundation for Cultural Exchange Alternative Spring Break trip to El Salvador is officially underway. Five students and two trip leaders are embarking on the journey with messages of solidarity,...
