love Volamos Juntos -/Los Patojos - Interested!
A busy and memorable week has gone by so quickly. After I spent last Sunday in the largest market in Guatemala in Chichicastenango, the church, practiced in what sometimes still "Maya rituals" a , represented the sights, once again started the day of intercultural wonder and learning . On Tuesday I had a Power Point presentation prepared on the issues of young people: "What is the food in Germany?", "When is the Independence Day" (because it is in Latin America are celebrated in style, so the more or less bloody separation from the English colonial system) and "How many residents of Germany? ". But it was different and not for the realization of my project that day. Once a week, direct the manager to the guys and gals, relaxation exercises, in which they find physical and mental rest and relaxation. Due to insufficient understanding of the following skills I can only simplified and may not play perfectly correct. In any case, the young people see below dissolved breathing mentally and emotionally a place where they feel safe and where they connect with good memories. In addition, they had there, imagine a person who was very close to them and are no longer there. Likewise, the "rebeldes" but also encouraged to symbolize this place their confidence a happened, painful situation of their lives. They were then Linda, a supervisor in whose living room the teenagers allnachmittäglich spend their time together, prepared again gently on the disengagement from that place and on awakening. What followed my being shaken but not negligible. Some young people, vor allem aber die Jungen, welche stets einen sehr taffen Eindruck machten, begannen bitterlich zu weinen und zu schluchzen. Ohne dass sie Worte verloren, konnte ich nur erahnen was sich in jenem kontemplativen Moment aus dem Unterbewussten und Verdrängten Bann brach, was sie erleben und erleiden mussten. Ich werde niemals vergessen, wie die Jungen ohne Worte aufeinander zugingen, um sich gegenseitig minutenlang zu trösten. Um die trauertragenden Wogen zu glätten, leitete Linda die Jungen und Mädchen zu einem Stehkreis an, in welchem alle, der Berichterstatter eingeschlossen, nach einer Zahlenskala einen Vokal wie „a“ herausschreien sollten, um so eine Los-Lösung vom erinnerten Geschehen zu erwirken. Jedoch gelang es nur einem express boy, his grief, anger and / or disappointment in the form of verbal easing. After that it seemed more appropriate than to postpone the presentation on Wednesday at the "Rebeldes" to prepare by playing volleyball and football is a physical and emotional well-being. In the evening I tried again in the role of German teacher, again in private, which, however, this time brought a small pair of facial attached. One very bright, with her daughter appearing German Guatemalan interested, I gave her first words and phrases in my mother tongue. Rather, we worked out that together, because they brought a lively motivation the correct pronunciation, with which I demanded of one but belonging High German. I hope she comes back next week with the same joy of learning. I would like this report as well as regional studies on my presentation!
this one but no chickens or other small animals in this Christian holy places of sacrifice that is done in fields and meadows. Rather are in the church stones, candles are lit on which to give thanks for specific gods or for a project to request protection and success. Hasta pronto
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Your Karsten
