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| Sarah with her host family in the village of Santa Teresa |
by Sarah Guariglia
Today was our last day with our host families. Julia and I spent the morning playing Uno and
Jenga . We went to the Mayan ceremony
with our families. The Mayan ceremony
gives thanks to the water because in the Mayan calendar today is ‘water’. The ceremony was entirely in the Mayan
language, Mam. I was surprised how many
words I recognized throughout the ceremony because of all of the words my
family taught us throughout the week.
The spiritual guide kept thanking Rigoberta Menchu. It is pretty crazy to think that the woman
they are thanking in this sacred ceremony is the woman we will be meeting in
just a few days!
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| A Mayan ceremony delivered in the Mam language |
After the ceremony, we ate lunch and then we headed back to
our homes to say goodbye to our families.
This is always the saddest part of the trip. After a tearful goodbye and a few “just one
more” hugs we all got on the bus and headed for San Marcos.
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