{"id":4756,"date":"2024-04-02T14:40:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T18:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/?p=4756"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:41:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T18:41:43","slug":"guatemala-host-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/intercultural\/2024\/04\/02\/guatemala-host-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Guatemala: Host families"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our families have been an integral part of our Guatemalan experience. At first, the idea of staying and living with a family we had never met before in an entirely new country was a bit frightening for a majority of us. The cultural and language barriers seemed to be the biggest worries, but once meeting our families we realized we were so, so welcomed. Everyone was received with open arms and truly treated like a family member. In my own experience, I shared a host family with my on-campus roommate and we\u2019re both so grateful! We now have amazing memories of an amazing family that we get to share forever. Our family taught us what a community within a family looks like. Our host mom especially showed us what it means to be a kind and sharing person with everyone around her. She is the most selfless and caring being I have met, and I\u2019m extremely grateful to have been her host daughter for two months. Saying goodbye was such a heartbreak! I believe I reflect all of my peers by saying that our host families truly became our families and a little piece of home in Guatemala.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Poema:<\/span><\/p>\n

Panorama<\/span><\/p>\n

Querida casita en San Crist\u00f3bal\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gracias por tu amabilidad\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Y por el amor que nos ense\u00f1aste\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gracias por recibirnos con un abrazo fuerte<\/span><\/p>\n

que fue acompa\u00f1ado por perros ladrando\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0y cuetes ruidosos<\/span><\/p>\n

Gracias por tener una panader\u00eda tan cerca\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Siempre teniendo pan fresco y calientito\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gracias por mi cuarto y terraza\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Desde donde pod\u00eda ver el hermoso paisaje de un volc\u00e1n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gracias por las desayunos, almuerzos y cenas en familia\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gracias a nuestra familia por demostrarnos el amor Guatemalteco\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuanto los extra\u00f1are familia y casita en Panorama<\/span><\/p>\n

-Arelys Martinez Fabian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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