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Guatemala 2024 || Day 1 (Kara Ashley) · Wesley at FSU & TSC

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  SPEAKER_01: Hey everybody, it's Bryant.
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  SPEAKER_01: Got kind of something different for you here.
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  SPEAKER_01: We are currently on a trip to Guatemala, to Pana Hachel, Guatemala, to help build a house and do some medical clinics with a few people from the Wesley Foundation.
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  SPEAKER_01: And our students wanted an opportunity to be able to share with our podcast audience kind of their daily reflections.
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  SPEAKER_01: And so for the next few days, every day we're gonna upload a podcast that is just an interview and uh shares a little bit about what we did that day and what we learned that day.
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  SPEAKER_01: And we just hope that somehow you will uh be in prayer for us and support us through this journey.
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  SPEAKER_01: So follow along and uh make sure you subscribe so you can get uh every single day's podcast right on your phone.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay, so we're sitting here with Kara Ashley, who is one of our team members, and we are sitting at the Casa del Mundo outside of Pana Hell, right across the lake.
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  SPEAKER_02: And uh we had a delicious brunch this morning, and uh we're just gonna ask Kara kind of some of her experiences and what she's uh what she's kind of loved so far and what she's looking forward to.
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  SPEAKER_02: So, Kara, tell us first what we've done the last like two days.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yes, well we've traveled a lot.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yesterday was a long travel day.
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  SPEAKER_03: We left Wesley at 3 45 so in the morning, so it was an early bright morning, but well dark morning I guess.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um, and we traveled all day.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um took a flight to Miami, which was about an hour, and then Miami to Guatemala City, which is another three-hour flight, and then about a four-hour drive down to Pana Hello.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um, and that was really just like settling in.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um I think we all were kind of just amazed at what we were seeing, especially on the drive, kind of just reflecting about what we were about to get into.
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  SPEAKER_03: And then we kind of had some free time, walked around the city a little bit, um, around the little shops, and then we had dinner all together with some live music, which was really fun.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um and kind of just hung out together and experienced that first night of that culture and kind of really diving into that.
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  SPEAKER_02: Tell me what are just two things you noticed on the drive or even at the airport.
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  SPEAKER_03: One of the first things that I like pointed out was the amount of trash just around the city, like off the streets, just trash everywhere, um, which I don't know why that wasn't something that I was expecting to see, um, just something I hadn't thought about before.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um, and then people just walking up and down the streets kind of dangerously, um, and I wasn't expecting that either.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um, just something that's different from day-to-day life in America.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay, cool.
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  SPEAKER_02: So tell us what we did so far today.
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  SPEAKER_02: And we are sitting out here at Casa del Mundo looking over the lake.
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  SPEAKER_02: The wind is blowing, the waves are gorgeous out here.
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  SPEAKER_02: There's trees and mountainside and plants galore.
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  SPEAKER_02: So tell us kind of what we've done up until this point today.
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  SPEAKER_03: Yes, so we had coffee and some breakfast this morning at the hotel, um, and they kind of gave us a presentation of the ministries that they do at Porch to Solomon and what that looks like day in and day out.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um we learned more about the specific families that they're helping currently and ways that they do that through medical care and also through construction of housing.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um, and then we went on a boat ride about 20 minutes over here to the resort.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um, we had a wonderful brunch and good conversation in this beautiful resort.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um, people keep describing it as Mamma Mia.
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  SPEAKER_03: Umlooking volcanoes across the lake, um, lots of steps, lots of hiking.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um, and people are now jumping off currently as we speak into the water off of this ledge, which is very fun.
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  SPEAKER_00: Here we go! I can't do it, I just do it.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's okay, you do it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Go ahead, Ella.
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  SPEAKER_00: You got this, alright Ella!
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay, so now that you've heard the presentation about what we're gonna do all week and some of the opportunities and the families and the people who have been helped through the almost two decades that Porch de Solomon has existed.
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  SPEAKER_02: They're chanting this they're chanting.
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  SPEAKER_02: Let's see if they they're gonna do a cannonball or something.
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  SPEAKER_02: This boat has driven by and they're chanting for our people who are jumping off.
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  SPEAKER_02: And now they're applauding.
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  SPEAKER_02: That's so fun.
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  SPEAKER_02: Um, so now that you've heard kind of all that uh about what we're gonna do this week, just tell us like one thing you're really looking forward to doing this week, and you know, not that expectations are everything, but uh what's one thing you're just kind of expectant for?
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  SPEAKER_03: I'm really excited for the relational aspects that we have with the family that we're building our house or their house for, um, especially with the kids.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um, today during the presentation, they talked about this 12-year-old boy who's kind of like the head of their household.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um, and so something that a couple of our team have talked about is really giving him like a childhood experience and kind of just hanging out with him and allowing him to be a kid for a couple days while we're here and kicking around a soccer ball and playing different games with him.
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  SPEAKER_03: Um being really intentional about just treating them like kids and giving them kind of a break from that everyday like head of household vibe.
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  SPEAKER_02: That's awesome.
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  SPEAKER_02: Okay, well, thank you, Kara, and uh I hope we're excited.
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  SPEAKER_02: And everybody listening, we're very excited for you to hear the different voices and experiences from so many of our team members over the course of this week.
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  SPEAKER_02: So stay tuned.
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  SPEAKER_02: Every day we'll be uploading a new podcast uh as a reflection and uh looking forward to things that are coming.