When I think of Huambalo

By Stacy Spring

I just wanted to write a little about the families that we met last year in Huambalo. I would love returners perspectives on this as well. When I think about Huambalo, the words that come to mind are: community, rich, family, strength, love....

From a typcial American perspective, they are poor and they have very little - very little resources, very little support, very little money, very little food....from an American perspective. However, in order to truly affect change, we have to do our best to not use our 'typical American perspective'. We must, through trying to be a student of another culture, immerse ourselves in the culture, and try to view life through their perspective. If we only look at what they don't have, we can't build on what they do have - community, family, richness, love, strength.

What I took away from Huambalo last year was how rich they are in their community and family. What comes to mind when others think about Huambalo?

I'm nearing the end of the school year and counting down the days to our project!