well...
clearly its been way to long since i updated last~ thus...there is no way i can do justice to all the events that have happened in my life for the last 2 months or so.
Im in the beautiful country of Guatemala currently...THings are going well..and i feel like im being inspired everyday to learn to love MY God in a way that is unique to me...im figuring out my faith huge..and coming up with some good solutions...and even more doubts.
Im currently working on a big bum mural with a fellow chica named Kat...who is also my roomate and has been donating love and inspiration to me these last couple of months...anyways...as we have been working on this project its clear to me that i need to use art in some way in my life...and its a passion that i cant ignore---why the crap am I an english major again?
well....yesterday a bunch of us went to the Guatemala city dump to get a glimpse of the poverty and need there...
and let me tell you...i was so full of frustration and sadness when we looked out into the huge hell hole of this immense dump. 15,000 people live in this mountain of garbage...8000 being children. I felt so ridiculous because I couldnt help but cry like a little girl. These people in the dump are starving but use the little money they have on drugs (and proceed to give drugs to their babies to sooth the hunger pains)... many women are forced to sell their bodies to the truck drivers for only 4 or 5Quetzales(about 40 cents). What struck me most is that many of these people get burried alive in the mass piles of garbage as it is being dumped from trucks...i cant even imagine--
whats more is The governement doesnt give a crap because its too big of a problem...why does this attitude exist???!!
I feel like everything I learned about in school this past year hit me square in the face in a real and tangible way. ~~ I want to change my life---to inspire others to change...to be more compassionate...to create balance in this crazy world.
WOW
im terribly sorry for that rant
i hope this enthused some sort of compassionate juice from your souls...
we could make licuados from it and sell them in the corporate world
i gotta run
*jenna | 
