Today was an opportunity to prepare for our meeting with the Ministry of Education. Throughout the day and well into the night we fine tuned our message and left with a clearer purpose of how the Global Learning Exchange Initiative will do to support the literacy work in Guatemala. Included in our day was some time to explore Antigua Guatemala, a city that was the capital of all of Central America, many years ago. We took time to see the sites including the wonderful vista, the cathedral, the open air market, and the jade museum. Tomorrow is a full day of meetings with key players in the country as well as our final school. I'll be home in 40 hours, and it is hard to believe how much we accomplished.
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| The view from above Antigua. The volcano, Agua, is in the distance. |
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Our in-country coordinator, Jose, sporting his University of Missouri shirt.
MIZ....ZOU |
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| The beauty and peace of Antigua filled our afternoon. |
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| Fish for lunch, the whole fish |
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| From the ruins...rises a new start. |
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| The best power strip over. |
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| The cathedral facade in Antigua. |
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Jade is only found in two places in the world, and one of them is Guatemala.
These women are working to polish the jade. |
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| One of many open air markets. |
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