The 8th Annual Puentes/Bridges trip was once again very successful.  We had three farms represented, and traveled to Xuchiles, Omealca, Veracruz and to Astacinga and Tlaquilpa, Veracruz.  We were greeted with fresh squeezed orange juice, sandwiches, pozole, and sweet bread.  Mark Johnson was able to reunite with Pablo, his right hand guy.  Mark saw Pablo's house under construction, and the windows which Mark had helped Pablo order.  It was also a pleasure to see Pablo's store in the mercado.  We were also treated to pozole at Elias' house, as his parents and sisters welcomed all the families of the Johnson's Rolling Acres Farm.  It was quite an afternoon.

We also were able to go to the family of Nora Lindstrom's employees.  Marta greeted us once again with smiles and orange juice.  WE visited for several hours, had a tour of Xuchiles, and left in the rain with gifts for all the family members back in Wisconsin.

Katy Clark, producer for PRI's The World radio show accompanied us for the Veracruz portion.  She was indeed fun to have along, and I hope she enjoyed herself.  Please use the following link to hear her report and see the accompanying slide show:  http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/23756

 

Plans are underway for this year's projects.

• The English Corps will be late July.  We'll be in three Veracruz villages.  If you are interested in doing some teaching, let Shaun know.  We would love to take practicing language teachers as well as university students learning to teach.

• Our 9th producer trip will be November 27 - December 6.  The Cost will be about $2,500.  Contact Shaun if you are interested.

• The 4th Annual Golf Outing is scheduled for Wednesday, June17, 2009.  For more details go to the Upcoming Events Page.