Back in Guatemala

I returned to Guatemala, energized and motivated to do my best work for my six remaining months of service. However, no one was happier than Paloma, who made her opinion of my vacation very clear.


Paloma was also very happy with her new presents!




The Christmas holiday was not all good news for Paloma. The host family got a German Sheppard puppy over the holiday. He is a cute, well-fed dog…for now. My host mom tells me that she wants to train it to be “bravo” (“mean”) so that it can guard the backyard. When I asked how you train a dog to be mean, she said leaving it alone for long stretches of time usually makes it angry and suspicious of people. For now he has dog food, but my host mom lamented the cost of feeding him.