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  • In the midst of my robbery woes I forgot to mention that I went dancing. Oh yes...salsa dancing. At La Sin Ventura. Same place as last year. It was great. I really would like to take some more lessons. Maybe on my …

  • It was all too good to be true. The floor has fallen out. Everything bad that could happen, has. What in the world is going on? It started as soon as we go to Antigua. A team member had their laptop and camera lifte…

  • Guatemalan keyboards are wierd. Anyway. *glows with excitement* I write this missive from an internet cafe in my favorite city in the world. Antigua, Guatemala. Guess where I´ll be going for lunch in just a few minu…

  • The advance team just left a few minutes ago to go prepare the hospital in San Cristobal for the medical team. Only the guys went on the advance team because Megan deemed scrubbing toilets far too grimy for the girls. …

  • *stress* First day of grocery shopping for the San Cristobal trip. Diagnosis: Bad So we get to Pricemart and they are supposed to have our entire grocery list pulled off the shelves for us. Right. That easy. Not. …

  • Ok...maybe that is not all. I write this missive from the Helps office in Guatemala city. Megan, my boss, has not found something for me to do yet, so she relinquished her laptop to me for whatever purpose I saw fit. …

  • Ahhhhh! Guatemala is amazing. That is all.

  • Well my dear readers, in just a few hours I will be on a jet plane to Guatemala. Thank you so much for all your support over the last few months-- you're all much appreciated. For those who do not know, I'll be spendin…

  • Is it wrong to Xanga twice in a day? Oh well. So I was looking at the fridge today (I'll explain in a moment) and I realized that the majority of my readers do no know the origin of the title of this blog. The Cafe Co…

  • Tests... I don't usually test well. I've never claimed to test well. Midterms? Bad. Finals? Bad. ACT/SATs? Don't even get me started... In recent days I've been thinking about the kind of tests that God gives. Li…

  • I'll have more stuff to say tonight, but I wanted to post this link to John's Blog. He just wrote a delightful piece on princesses which was a profound encouragement to me. A lot of girls don't see their true worth and…

  • Ack! Stress! I am currently wandering in what shall be not-so-affectionately known as "packing purgatory." I have the incredible challenge before me of packing for five months in two bags, with no assurance whatsoe…

  • Naturally I am not watching Phantom of the Opera right now, nor have I gone and seen it again in the last 24 hours, but I wanted to do some philosophizing on it. Particularly on the Christine. This is not a review, but …

  • [Edit: Oh my goodness! I completely forgot to add that I saw Phantom of the Opera with Lauren yesterday! It was simply sublime! The duet with Raoul is one of my favorite love songs, so it was wonderful to see it again…

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