Trip Schedule

Here is my schedule. Some of it might have changed by now, but this is the general overview. After one day of orientation, I'm already so excited!

January

9-11     Orientation on campus (begins at 1:15pm Monday)

11        10am   Send-off, blessing in Chapel and opening convocation

12        5:30am Leave for Guatemala.
Stay overnight at CASAS

13        Orientation at CASAS, First night with host families

16        Beginning of first Spanish class at CASAS

21-22   Free weekend

27-29   Weekend trip to Chichicastenango

February

4          Volcano hike

5          Visit to “mega-church”

9          Final exams and end of first Spanish course

10-12   Weekend trip to TIKAL!!

13        Beginning of second Spanish course at CASAS

18-21   MCC coordinated trip to Alta Verapaz: Bezaleel, Cobán

24-26   Weekend trip Santiago de Atitlán, Lake Atitlán

March

2-3       Free weekend

7          Final exams and end of second Spanish course

8          AM Clausura (special program). End of Spanish classes at CASAS

8          PM  Free travel begins

15        Free travel ends

16        Rest/Packing day

17        Leave for Puebla, Mexico, via Mexico City for Spanish Institute of Puebla. Meet new host families

19- 30: AM History and culture of Mexico classes, PM walking tours of Puebla conversation classes, excursions to local sites.

30- April 3 trip to Mexico City, Teotihuacán pyramids, Museum of
Anthropology, Plaza Mayor and Museum, etc.

April

Apr. 4- 8: Holy week celebrations at Fraternidad Cristiana; Mennonite Church in Mexico City. Live with host families.

9-16     Return to Spanish Institute of Puebla schedule

17-19   Oasis Camp in Valsequillo: final course work and debriefing retreat, chapel planning

20        Return to USA

23        10am   Chapel service at EMU