First Days

Hola desde Guate! I feel so blessed to be writing from welcoming, sunny Guatemala City, the bustling capital of Guatemala. These past few days have been filled with friendly new colleagues at IGA (http://www.iga.edu/), my beloved plátanos fritos, tv hilariously dubbed in Spanish, and, of course, that totally unexpected experience that just HAS to happen on the first day of any job. After feeling good about an hour of yoga and a filling breakfast on Monday morning, I quickly descended into stress when I discovered that my shower didn't work, as in the knobs fell off when I tried to turn them. Needless to say, I had to head off to my first training session at IGA with scary hair..not good. Fortunately, no one seemed to be offended (as far as I could tell), as everyone made a wonderful effort to include me in the workshops and make me feel comfortable. And to be honest, there's no way I couldn't have felt at home, considering my very first workshop topic: The Writing Process. <3 F&M Writing Center.

I'll be here in the capital for training for the rest of the week and will head to Xela at the end of next week, where I'll be for the next 10 months. I'm a little sad that I won't be able to continue to get to know the staff here at IGA in Guate City, but if the teachers and administrators I've met so far are any indication of the kind of people I'll be working with in Xela, I'm in for one incredible teaching environment :)