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(Part 2 of OH CANADA!) I woke up scratching my eyes, still half asleep. I felt a sharp pain in my left eye and had a sinking feeling in...
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Owen Dargatz
Aug 28, 20226 min read
Oh Canada
It was a tough goodbye this time. Simon choked up in tears when I left, and it hurt to say goodbye to my twelve-year-old buddy, not...
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Owen Dargatz
Aug 8, 20224 min read
This is Progress
Success is in the eye of the beholder. One of the most enriching things about this last year of working with our new Guatemala community...
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Owen Dargatz
Jun 21, 20224 min read
The fear of life and death
Danger starts from the moment conception occurs. Conception occurs after the 200-300 million sperm cells race to fertilize that single...
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Owen Dargatz
May 31, 20225 min read
Things traveling teaches
Experiment time!! Close your eyes and note the first words that come to mind when you read each of these lines: Third world country...
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Owen Dargatz
May 27, 20226 min read
Family Travel Tips
Things we've learned traveling with children. I'm not big on reading "Top Ten Tips" blogs or stuff like that, but Christina and I are on...
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Owen Dargatz
May 25, 20226 min read
Our Community
I am grateful. I am thankful for my childhood and the doors it has opened for me as an adult. I had the fantastic opportunity of growing...
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Owen Dargatz
May 6, 20224 min read
What we do
Not everybody knows exactly what we are doing here. I want to take a few minutes to explain our weekly schedule and tell a bit of our...
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Owen Dargatz
May 1, 20224 min read
Why do I envy those with so little?!
We have been spreading roots here. Our seeds of friendship have fallen on fertile ground! It's been a grand experiment of...
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Owen Dargatz
Apr 20, 20224 min read
LOVE
I asked some readers for topic ideas for the blog today. "Love" was my favorite. Hmmm. Kind of a big topic. After about three full...
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Owen Dargatz
Mar 18, 20225 min read
Asthma and Chihuahuas
Chihuahuas are serious business. To begin this blog post, I would like to warn you all that I will be quoting two of the most reliable...
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Owen Dargatz
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Everything between them means nothing.
Reaching up for a hug, Today, care comes from another, Studying cracks and following wrinkles that lead deep into eyes. Those eyes known...
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Owen Dargatz
Feb 20, 20224 min read
Me and my boy
A few days ago, I wrote about my eldest's son Simon's twelfth birthday in The Daily Scroll. It's easy to be a dad. In fact, for many men,...
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Owen Dargatz
Feb 9, 20224 min read
A day trip through rural Guatemala
Edwin is a good man. He has been working the till at a hardware store close to our home in San Juan since he established the shop around...
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Owen Dargatz
Feb 2, 20222 min read
This is happening
This week at the club, something unique happened. This project is picking up momentum. With new milestones reached, we could not be more...
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Owen Dargatz
Jan 16, 20226 min read
The magic school bus situation in Guatemala
They are a total phenomenon. I will do my very best to describe just how special these things are but know already before I've begun that...
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Owen Dargatz
Dec 29, 20214 min read
Death in the Mountains
A year ago, I would have never believed it if you told me I would be writing a book on Mayan burial and funeral traditions in the...
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Owen Dargatz
Dec 14, 20215 min read
Neighborly love
-This is a guest post written by our dear friend Brady Clarke. Brady and his wife Christine are currently living in Costa Rica but lived...
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Owen Dargatz
Dec 6, 20215 min read
Three lefts make a right.
Each wrong turn we took led us closer to where we were meant to be all along. We met another young family with a small boy named Damian...
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Owen Dargatz
Dec 2, 20216 min read
Part 2 of Let's flip a coin.
On the way back to Cacalote, we began to discuss rentals with Israel, our driver. He told us about all the available options and again...
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