Category Archives: bernabé

When I first came to the boys home 5 weeks ago, I thought that I knew who God was and what He would do amongst these boys. Now, as I am reflecting I have realized that I had no concept … Continue reading →

On Friday, I was able to go with the boys on a field-trip to a beautiful park in La Paz. The park was fairly new and set on the side of a mountain. We climbed up the mountain and once … Continue reading →

Throughout my short stay here in Bolivia, the language learning has been my most difficult challenge. There is a lack of all confidence that comes with not understanding another language sufficiently, which only adds to the struggle of understanding. It … Continue reading →

This last Friday, the boys at bernabé were still on winter break and so we all took a trip to the botanical gardens in La Paz. On the way there, I sat next to Marco, about 10-years-old. I saw that … Continue reading →

This past Sunday, I went out with some people around my age from the church that I am attending here. We went to a Bolivian restaurant and ate a lot of meat that I did not even recognize. By the … Continue reading →

On Saturday, Pablo and Debbie, the couple that I am living with, took me to see the high Amazon in the Yungus. Neither words nor pictures can express the beauty of the Amazon’s waterfalls that we climbed up and down. … Continue reading →

Last Tuesday was my first day working at the boys home in La Paz. The house that they live in is in El Alto, which indicates that it is set on a very tall mountain in Bolivia. It is at … Continue reading →

1. double, solid, yellow lines on streets in Bolivia mean absolutely nothing. 2. the indigenous women in La Paz wear these hilarious top hats that just sit atop their heads, while the men look very normal from American standards. 3. … Continue reading →

The second day of my trip was much less eventful, but I did get to spend the day in Miami. I decided to find a way to get to South Beach, which turned into splitting a cab with two other … Continue reading →

My trip to La Paz, Bolivia began on Sunday, July 5, when I first took a flight out of Cleveland to Chicago. I arrived in Chicago at around 4,00 in the afternoon. In Chicago, I had what began as a … Continue reading →