Everywhere you go in Guatemala there are guards with shot guns who stand in doorways of stores and shops to protect said stores and shops from being robbed. We get used to seeing them and really hardly notice them until you feel you need them. Today, I left a well guarded hospital and walked one block to…
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The Playground sure has changed
As I sat at the playground and watched the kids play yesterday I was reminded of one of my first eye opening experiences of the differences of kids in the US and in Guatemala. I remember as a child playing with the neighbor kids “Cops and Robbers” or the now inappropriate “Cowboys and Indians”. What…