by | Jun 3, 2018 | Delegations, Spay/Neuter Brigade 2018
The Salvadoran countryside is beautiful. Rolling hills with sugar cane, bananas, eucalyptus and palm trees.  The mango trees are currently full of succulent yellow-orange fruit. All of this is set against a backdrop of volcanoes and shrouded in a soft mist.  The...
by | Jun 2, 2018 | Delegations, Spay/Neuter Brigade 2018
Today was our first day in El Espino. The living conditions of the local residents were interesting to observe. Let’s just say that I feel exceptionally grateful to be living in the United States. Even though I grew up fairly poor, I still think we hit the...
by | Jun 1, 2018 | Delegations, Spay/Neuter Brigade 2018
Typically I sleep much later than many other people, but on this trip in El Salvador I have been forced to rise at the ungodly early hour of 7:00 a.m. This adjustment has been tough for me to get used to (as evidenced by my frequent napping on many of the bus rides),...
by | May 31, 2018 | Delegations, Spay/Neuter Brigade 2018
The eleven volunteers from Grand Junction seemed to have forgotten about their early start when they arrived at the San Salvador airport late on Tuesday evening. There was an absolute “yes” vote to stop at a pupuserÃa and try out the local... 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...
