While we were at the trapiche Don Carmen, Victor shared with us a very personal story about his life and the struggles he faced, including not being able to go to school past third grade. This was very touching and really gave us a new perspective and new awareness for the privileged life we live....
So today we got up after a good night’s sleep on a soccer field in a tiny community in the middle of the Andes mountains. We ate in the breakfast tent, got packed up, and headed out on our last day of the trek. The hike today was mostly on a dirt road down to...
The Lakota word for humility is wah’wala. Humility to us is being humble to all and not changing our actions to different cultures. We can’t be humble if we come in with stereotypes we will be different and act like we are better. Also, we can’t let other people change our views (family, friends, etc.)....