Saturday, December 31, 2011

2011 Highlights

Ok, friends.  In an attempt to resurrect my blogging habits (Dana, Callie ... 2012 Examen calendar??  Or at least some prompts for January?), here are some photos of important and not-so-important things that happened in my life in 2011.

Sister visit, San Salvador
January

Friend's cousin's wedding in Nahuizalco
February

Juayua
February

Valentine's Day dinner, Cal Pipil
February
Yes, I still flex my baking muscles every once in a while.

Mediation Team training, Colegio Bautista Emmanuel
March

Msr. Romero Commemorative March, San Salvador
March

Canadians, new friends, new homes, Alegria
April

Galway Girls mini-reunion! San Salvador, Alegria, La Libertad
June
It was super-cold the day we went to the laguna in Alegria, but our toes are toasty!
Wading in the hot springs.

Middle school and high school solidarity projects, San Salvador
July/August
These are some of my lovely 7th graders.

Classy McDonald's stop between MARTE, San Salvador's art museum, and dancing with Karen's friends from the University.  I have no idea what Cesar, el Oso, nor Miguel are doing ... 
August

The ladies - Cecy, Marce, Iso, Karen, and myself
Same classy McDonald's stop, San Salvador
August

Mediation Team field trip to historical sights, San Salvador
August/September

Learning to drink coconut water from said coconut
9th grade solidarity project field trip
August/September

Adam visits for a month to do research on US-El Salvador government relations during the civil war years.
September

International Day of Prayer for Peace, organized by Mediation Team, Colegio Bautista Emmanuel
September

BVS Retreat to San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
September

Celebtrating Canadian Thanksgiving with Lynden and Elizabeth, two MCC volunteers, San Salvador
Yes, that's my apartment, and a large roast chicken.
October

Folk dancing in central park in Santiago de Maria, just down the mountain from Alegria
October

Mediation Team "Seniors farewell" fieldtrip, San Salvador
November

Visiting with my boys, Sam, Milo, and Cal in North Manchester, IN
November

Thanksgiving with the family - Mom, Dad, Grandma, Megan, and Heather
November 

Thanksgiving part II with Mom's side - Mom, Benjamin, Aunt Karen, Vanessa, me, Heather, Megan, Uncle Fred, and Pop-Pop.  A really wonderful day.
November

What luck!  Met members of the Salvadoran National Beach Soccer team, who recently placed 4th in the Beach Soccer World Cup in Ravenna, Italy, while they were training at a beach resort on the Costa del Sol.
December

Closing talent show for Cal Pipil, the youth center.  Somehow I was talked into singing Someone Like You, by Adele, so here's the video.  You might need QuickTime to play it ... not sure.
December

Drinking "contraband" microbrews I smuggled from the US, while celebrating a friend's birthday in Los Planes.  Chamba w/ Mad Anthony's IPA, me with a leftover Mexican Indio, and Carlos with Otto's Slab Cabin IPA.  It was so fun to see their reactions ... we're dreaming up the possibility of making our own brew .
San Salvador
December

Christmas in Alegria with the family from my "house" where I worked in April.
December

Sunset, 22 December 2011, microbrew birthday sample day.
San Salvador
Much as the sun sets each day, it will now set on 2011.  Here's to remembering the good times, learning from the not so good, and keeping a positive outlook for 2012.  Happy New Year!

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