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La Jornada's Blog
Welcome to La Jornada's blog! This is where you can find out more of what happens day to day in the house. Life, funny moments, prayer requests and whatever falls in between! Come back often and we'll do our best to keep you updated!
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The quarantine continues...again...
It's difficult to even know what to say. We've now been on a quarantine lock-down for 76 days. The president made a statement that the...
Ken
May 29, 2020
When life is hard to describe...
Sometimes I find it hard to describe exactly what life feels like down here. Experiences begin to fall so far outside the norm that it’s...
Ken
May 13, 2020
Life and whatnot...
We’ve now been quarantined for 48 days. Honestly, that sounds like the first sentence in some kind of apocalyptic novel. Yesterday the...
Ken
May 3, 2020
Martial Law?
We were warned over the weekend that Santa Cruz would be militarized on Tuesday. A lot of people and businesses weren't obeying the...
Ken
Apr 15, 2020
Quarantined and Bad Haircuts...
As it has with the rest of the world, the past few weeks have brought some dramatic changes to our lives. When it became clear what...
Ken
Apr 5, 2020
Pandemic? What pandemic? (Also Father's Day)
Well, it's possible the above title reflects some frustration on my part. Here in Bolivia, we're in the early stages of Corona 19. The...
Ken
Mar 19, 2020
Carnival!
Once again, Carnival has come and gone and once again, we all survived. For those of you who aren't clear about what Carnival is all...
Ken
Mar 10, 2020
And a Feliz Navidad to all!
Christmas for us this year, looked a little different than normal. My dad has been having some health problems, so I made a last minute...
Ken
Jan 7, 2020
Deck the halls and...palm trees?
I'm sure I mention this every year, but I like to decorate for Christmas. It comes from my mom. Every year our house back home, looks...
Ken
Dec 18, 2019
Mario's Graduation
I've known Mario for a lot of years. Even though there were ninety or so guys at the boys' home where I initially worked (and those...
Ken
Dec 7, 2019
A New Colonialism...
I'm learning a lot about how the news media works these days. To be clear, I've always hated the term "fake news". My apologies if...
Ken
Nov 29, 2019
What's happening now?
If I had a dollar for every time I wrote, "Things are moving quickly here!" over the last few days of the civil strike...well, I'd have a...
Ken
Nov 22, 2019
Rally at the Cristo statue
Isabel and I biked to a big rally tonight at the Cristo. It was an interesting thing to be a part of. It was massive but peaceful with...
Ken
Nov 1, 2019
A day in the life of Ken...
I woke up at 5:40 am to go to the market before the lines got too bad. We thought we could make it in Isabel’s truck at that time of the...
Ken
Oct 29, 2019
Strikes, blockades and political crisis
On September 21st, we had our presidential elections and it didn't go well. According to Bolivian law, a candidate must have more than...
Ken
Oct 28, 2019
Photo Shoot!
Life gets busy! That statement probably isn't too much of a surprise to anyone I imagine if you've got teenagers, you know that trying...
Ken
Oct 15, 2019
Welcome to Home!
"Welcome To Home!" was the sign that greeted me (more or less...the guys weren't quite finished decorating) when I arrived at the house...
Ken
Sep 19, 2019
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