Adventures in Yucatan, Mexico

What an incredible day! We saw 8 inspiring presentations from our Total Immersion program group that arrived on December 1st, 2015. Just a few days left and their 3 month program will come to a close! Take a peek at what they have been doing for the past month during their independent projects... Grace shows us some embroidery that she started in her community. She looked at people's relationship with the land and found that it is full of both fear and respect Next, Ellen took us on a journey through her second immersion program here with us in Yucatan, but this time it was in the Mayan language! She took us through the whole cycle of culture shock, crisis, adaptation and integration and then sung us a song she wrote and composed in Mayan Megan had a blast working with children in a community school and discovered that you can educate even without words She even learned how to weave her own hammock! Then, Kitt told us all about his time exploring...

We recently had the opportunity to visit two beautiful communities in the southeastern part of the state of Yucatan. We marveled at the architecture, learned from expert hands the process of pottery making, we made colorful paper lanterns, we observed the traditional dance of the turkey, prepared traditional food, visited the agricultural fields, played with lots of kids and we left with hearts full after meeting so many extraordinary people. Take a look at our adventures! The incredible architecture that greeted our arrival. Our host families received us with a smile Don Emilio and his wife Margarita explained to us the full process of ceramic making, from extraction of raw material to some techniques for adding color to the exquisite vases and other objects that they make.  Guess what it is! Margarita taught us how to make whistles out of clay! Thank you for sharing your work with us!  The next day we woke up early for our workshop on ma...