Fellow Stories

January- The month of exploring

Isabelle Szabo

2017-06-02

Independent travel to Salinas Independent travel to Guayaquil Day trip to local lakes with host aunt and uncle.

December- Finding a sense of home

Isabelle Szabo

2017-06-02

My new job working on an organic farm.  Developing strong relationships  Christmas eve

November- A month of comfort

Isabelle Szabo

2017-06-02

Putting our christmas tree up! Cohort Thanksgiving  Ecuador cohort goes to the coast! 

October- The month of “firsts”

Isabelle Szabo

2017-06-02

First time going fishing! First time making bread.  First full month with my host sisters.  First time (and last time) eating Cuy.  First time going to an indigenous wedding 

September

Isabelle Szabo

2017-06-02

For my blog posts I’ve decided to do a photo journal where I share my favorite photos from each month of my time abroad!  My amazing host family in Quito!  Ice cream in Ibarra with Quito host parents The day trip my family and I took to a waterfall. 

Highly unqualified…and loving it.

Abi Bethke

2017-06-02

Since September I've been kind of baffled, and I've never really blogged about it. Baffled by the fact that I was a teacher for 7 months. Even though I just graduated from high school…this is something that hit home even stronger when I came back to Wisconsin. I had no degree, no experience, just barley...

Being Back

Kari Hoegh

2017-06-01

Its been almost two months since i left Peguche in Ecuador. And still i feel that being home is surreal. My surroundings are comfortable, my friends and familiy welcoming, and it is becoming easier and easier to forget and let Ecuador go. And a part of me wants to forget, knows that that is easier,...

Facing Yourself In The Mirror, Lice and All

Sara Barac

2017-06-01

February 11th, 2017 Positivity, take one: I have lice and I love it. Also, I am lying. Only one of the statements above is true, and I’m sure that by now you have guess it is the loving it part. Yes, I have lice.  Positivity, take two: I hate washing my hair because it dries...

Was I going to find a Passion? A focus? or a hard lesson learned

Savier Morales

2017-06-01

So it's been interesting. Been different, feels odd, definitely a new chapter of life that was slapped in my face by a friend. Adventure has turned a shade more real, and yet I'm stuck. First off let me tell you I love Adventure, the unknown and mysterious with a tad bit danger is my favorite....

part 2

Rose Hoang

2017-06-01

2:00 PM   Home sweet home. Kick the shoes under the bed. Get into comfy clothes. Wait. 2:30 PM   Mama Maribel and Giuliana are home. We prepare lunch. In a traditional meal, soup is usually first. Then, the rice plate which usually includes some rice, salad, and some sort of vegetable – potatoes were...

Peek Into My Life: Now And Then

Rose Hoang

2017-06-01

Peek Into My Life: Now And Then   I am sitting back in the familiar pastel blue room that I share with my thirteen year old brother. It is one of those nights where I am frustrated at everything. That at 19 years old I cannot drive a car and cannot freely leave the house...

Saying Yes

Nathaly Romero

2017-06-01