Mar 13, 2015
And We’re Off!
The Life After Disaster team is lounging on the MAFiA floor, hurriedly typing away their respective blog posts. There is a combination of excitement and…
The Life After Disaster team is lounging on the MAFiA floor, hurriedly typing away their respective blog posts. There is a combination of excitement and…
It’s the night before we leave for New Orleans and I could not be more excited! For one thing, I’ve never been on an airplane before, so the adventure…
We have had a successful day four here in El Salvador! Yesterday, our team split up into two groups to work on the construction of two family homes. After…
On our way to the Communidad de las Brisas, you can’t help but notice the advertisements taking over every street corner, wall, and telephone post. Except…
In our first night of reflection the term “limited understanding” kept coming up and I know that I was one of the individuals that used this specific…
I am currently sitting with my team in the airport waiting to board the plane and it still hasn’t set in that we’ll be in El Salvador in less than 6 hours…
It is currently 1:15 AM, and although I am supposed to be on my way to the airport in about three hours, I find it impossible to sleep. I woke up at 6…
Many thoughts drift through my mind as look forward to tomorrow’s flight to El Salvador. While I have spent some time reading about El Salvador over break…
Having read the trip itinerary, I could not be more excited for the trip to start tomorrow. The planned activities provide a perfect balance between community…