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The Medicinal Plants and Cacao Farms of San Cristobal!

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Hello all! Today we had an exciting day of touring a cacao farm and medicinal plants in San Cristobal followed by volunteering at San Cristobal‘s community center. We started off our tours by meeting the Ngobe ladies who ran the farms and our translator Sergio who helped with the Ngobe to Spanish translations. Although I...

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Learning to be content (please see itinerary change)

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text letter_spacing=””]It is the third day of homestay.  The day started with a well-prepared breakfast.  Acknowledging that we’re not used to the Napoli food, our homestay sister made us homemade fries for dinner last night and this morning’s breakfast.  We are very glad that our homestay sister speaks fluent English – no language barriers. Nikki brought...

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Looking past the surface level

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Today we visited Old Town San Diego-the birthplace of California. To me, the most memorable part of the “tour” was learning the town’s history from Dr. Alex Gomez; however, the story conveyed to me by the plaques/exhibits neglected a lot of what I learned from him. I learned a lot about the Mormon Church’s participation...

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