Birds of a feather…
Volunteers & Volunteering
We have the wonderful privilege to  volunteer along side blogger, adventurer and world traveler Alisha Roberston. And what an honor it has been. Alisha finds herself on a one year around the globe volunteering journey and Miro and I are so grateful to intersect on even a small part. We urge you to follow along on her journey at her blog, links you will find below. Ever wonder what a volunteer’s first week is like? Well, keep reading….
By Guest blogger Alisha Robertson of Small World Pursuits
Welcome to Ecuador!
A country that is small, …

Miro and I have committed to a wonderful volunteer opportunity in Ecuador, working in a program that provides free art programs to the children of Baños and the surrounding communities. Ecuador is a small country, and Baños is a a small town near the middle of the world surrounded by volcanoes and a landscape of spectacular beauty. Here we finda small group of people are working to create and grow a center of art,language and literature for the community where they live and work.

March for Stronger Laws to Protect Animals & Prosecute Abusers
Sunday, February 6, 2011, an animal rights protest was held in Medellin. Miro and I were send an email from an amazing woman who read about us in Gente and knew we have a deep love for animals and thought we’d like to go. She was right.

Here is an except from this wonderful email from Patricia who lives in Medellin:
Hello Lainie & Miro,
I read in the paper you are in ouy city .. I hope you have the best stay …

The Next Steps
For the next chapter of our voyage, we are seeking an Intentional Community to live in, participate with and contribute to. The desire to find an Intentional Community has become a very strong impulse for me and as I desire for Miro and myself the opportunity to live in a village and give back. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from our travels so far is that feelings have always been the most reliable compass for us. I am finding it’s less about the places we go …

Hope for the Children of Guatemala
In Episode #15,  Miro interviews Joe, a public development & research economist, working on a project in Guatemala that studies  chronic malnutrition among children.
“Children are the world’s most valuable resource and its best hope for the future”
~John Fitzgerald Kennedy
The Program is geared towards eradicating malnutrition and stunting among children , something that effects over half the children in Guatemala. Staggering statistics, indeed!
Also in this episode, the Lainie and Miro talk about what they discovered from their our week long adventure on the Archipiélago de …

The road less traveled often reveals the perfect opportunity… and the search is over.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~Mark Twain
In Episode # 10 Lainie and Miro share a bit of their experiences as they start traveling once again.
For the last 4 weeks, the duo find themselves in a state of …