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A Transformative Adventure
A transformative adventure by Victoria Blonde, student from Lansing Catholic High School.
Going Below the Surface
I have been a board member at TWP for 4 years and would like to share my experience and perspective of the recent tour to Guatemala that I joined in September 2019. The experience of a tour with TWP allows you to participate and enjoy the communities and countries where we travel. This happens in a few significant ways that I would like to highlight with a few of my own expressions and passions.
Total Widening of Perspective
TWP’s travel arm returned to El Salvador in May, with a sweeping tour that opened eyes, warmed hearts and, maybe, just maybe, blasted away a few myths that pervade mainstream news reports. El Salvador is dangerous. Perhaps in some places, but anywhere can be dangerous, even your own backyard or kitchen if you happen to be inept with sharp objects. At El Porvenir, the biggest danger we faced was eating too many pupusas or scorching our fingers as the women of the village taught “pupusas-101” on a fuel-efficient stove installed specifically to show off to the visitors.
Meeting the Heart of Honduras
A trip to a place with a different culture, a language you don’t speak, and the life challenges you may vaguely perceive but hardly understand is an adventure. The adventure that allows one to abandon the sometimes stale, mundane, or frustrating repetition of daily life is usually a brief experience but it still becomes the source of personal contemplation and growth.