by | Jan 21, 2015 | Alternative Spring Break 2015, Delegations
By Audrey Maddox With the trip to El Salvador just a little more than two months away, I am slowly beginning to learn more about my fellow team members and our upcoming experience in El Espino. Even this early in the process, I have learned a lot from my trip leaders,... by | Jan 21, 2015 | Delegations, Words from the President
We have another great group of students preparing to travel to El Espino this March through Colorado Mesa University’s Mesa Catholic group. They are participating in what’s called “Alternative Spring Break,” which is exactly what it sounds like... by | Apr 7, 2014 | Alternative Spring Break 2014, Delegations
“Te amamos con todo el Corazon.” To be loved. Isn’t that what we all want in this life? My whole life I have looked in so many places–some good, some bad–for love. I’ve looked for comfort and love in having tons of “friends”, in money, and in... by | Apr 7, 2014 | Alternative Spring Break 2014, Delegations, Sister City
04/01/2014 Two hundred and forty hours. Fourteen thousand four hundred minutes. Eight hundred sixty-four thousand seconds. When written out it may seem like an eternity. If you take a closer look it’s really only ten days. A third of a month and only 0.02739 % of a... by | Mar 31, 2014 | Alternative Spring Break 2014, Delegations
There are a variety of emotions filling me on this last day of the trip. I don’t know whether to cry because I am missing everything so much already or to smile because it happened. I am overwhelmed with thoughts of El Espino and the beautiful people within it. I have... by | Mar 31, 2014 | Alternative Spring Break 2014, Delegations
After being reminded of the immense love of the Salvadoran people, and basking in the light of their smiles and the warmth of their embraces, it breaks my heart to have to say ‘adios.’ Just this morning mi Mama told me that I am now part of the family and a new...