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Don't Cry Because It Is Over. Smile Because It Happened

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When I was younger I would always hear the saying, “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened,” but I never had many opportunities where this idea was vital to follow. But, tonight, after a day full of questioning government officials, and playing intense games of Wallyball (volleyball played in a smallish room where...

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The Sky is the Limit

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text letter_spacing=””]Alex Saadé When I was young, I was told that I could be anything. “The sky is the limit” my Mom would say. I knew this to be true. My teachers always said the same thing to my classmates and me. It was that culture of optimism and ambition that had reinforced all of...

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Trek Day 3 and Hot Springs

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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...

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