There I was stood behind a glass wall in the entrance of a carpark, staring out as the rain poured down outside. The sky was dark grey and ‘pouring’ is a generous word to describe the type of rain coming down, it was so heavy and relentless that it had started to leak through the glass wall and was creating puddles by my feet. I had made the rookie mistake of forgetting about rainy season in Guatemala. Anyone would think …
I had planned to write this story after it happened, well it is only 8 months late!Let me tell you about a time when God allowed me to come face to face with perfectionism and need for control and humbled me in a way I had never experienced before. A little context might help. I live and work in Guatemala City, one of the main focuses of my work is supporting youth from challenging backgrounds and walking alongside them through …
It’s time to be a bit brutally honest, take off the rose-tinted glasses and stop hiding behind the polite, British ‘everything is fine’ brave face. Because sometimes life is just hard.My recent experience of transition back into life in Guatemala hit me like a tone of bricks and I was not ready for it.I knew that there would be culture shock, there always is. There was even reverse culture shock when I was in the UK after being gone for …