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Speaker 1: of these churches that were built in the sixteenth I said,

430
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:11,399
Speaker 1: sixteenth century, um, and we're just huge collapse partially so

431
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,480
Speaker 1: we were actually we toured an abandoned well. It was

432
00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,880
Speaker 1: actually still in use, but the back part of it

433
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:20,280
Speaker 1: was in ruins, and these huge columns that were like

434
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,480
Speaker 1: the size of a school bus were just on their side,

435
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:26,399
Speaker 1: right in front of you because nobody could do anything

436
00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,919
Speaker 1: with them, and they just fell during an earthquake. But

437
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,320
Speaker 1: it was it was like these were five year old

438
00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:36,520
Speaker 1: columns that were just sitting there. It was really amazing, gorgeous.

439
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:40,679
Speaker 1: Remember the arch over the main thoroughfare. Uh. And the

440
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,760
Speaker 1: reason they had that built was because it was a

441
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,600
Speaker 1: nunnery on either side, and the nuns didn't believe in

442
00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,400
Speaker 1: letting anyone see them or see their faces. So they

443
00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:53,399
Speaker 1: constructed this walkway above the streets so that the nuns

444
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:55,000
Speaker 1: could go from one side to the other. And the

445
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:59,200
Speaker 1: town square with the fountain. Very awesome. So we check

446
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,920
Speaker 1: into our hotel coincidentally also the best hotel of the week. Yeah,

447
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:10,240
Speaker 1: the Hotel vih Colonial. This place was awesome, like manicured gardens. Uh,

448
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,639
Speaker 1: it was. It was really awesome. Some cat helped me

449
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:16,600
Speaker 1: carry my bag to my room. You had a bell hut. Yeah,

450
00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:20,080
Speaker 1: I didn't know man, Oh yeah, I think it was.

451
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:22,280
Speaker 1: He didn't do anything else but take my bag to

452
00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,960
Speaker 1: the room. Did you chip him? Yes? And actually I

453
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,960
Speaker 1: felt bad because I only had like a couple of

454
00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,480
Speaker 1: cats always on and um, which is not much money. No,

455
00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:35,040
Speaker 1: And I actually found him later on, I think later

456
00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 1: that night or the next day, and I found him

457
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:39,200
Speaker 1: and tipped him better, and he was looking at it

458
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 1: was all happy, and one of the guys who spoke

459
00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:43,240
Speaker 1: English he was tending bar, was like, he thinks he

460
00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:48,440
Speaker 1: just won the lottery because he gave him Like yeah,

461
00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:51,199
Speaker 1: So we have a little happy hour that evening by

462
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,919
Speaker 1: the pool and the gardens, and that's when we were

463
00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:59,439
Speaker 1: introduced to ron Zakapa yep, who was not our friend.

464
00:26:00,520 --> 00:26:04,040
Speaker 1: I like him. It is rum. It is aged rum. Yeah,

465
00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:06,639
Speaker 1: ron is rom in Spanish. And I didn't uh, I

466
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,199
Speaker 1: didn't know I was a rum guy until I had

467
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:10,720
Speaker 1: the Ronza Kappa. Chuck, I don't think that's a very

468
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:14,160
Speaker 1: fair characterization. This is not liking ron Za coppa does

469
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,720
Speaker 1: not make you a rum guy. This stuff is as

470
00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:20,679
Speaker 1: one of the one of our listeners who commented on

471
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,239
Speaker 1: the blog during our trip when we mentioned that we

472
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,560
Speaker 1: were in Guatemala said, try ron Za Kappa. It is

473
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 1: the nectar of the gods. It was so. I think

474
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,320
Speaker 1: we're a little loath to play up alcohol like this,

475
00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,200
Speaker 1: especially because we have younger listeners. But when your kids

476
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,680
Speaker 1: get to be twenty one, makes your first drink ron

477
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,960
Speaker 1: Za Kappa, you won't be disappointed. And Josh, we should

478
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:45,000
Speaker 1: point out Jerry just stopped us to mention that we

479
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,680
Speaker 1: had the twenty three year aged Roza. Jesus is a

480
00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:51,680
Speaker 1: Kappa fan as well. So we have another delicious dinner.

481
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,480
Speaker 1: Remember the second floor, it's like an open air balcony

482
00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,639
Speaker 1: overlooking the gardens. Delicious. I dined with the Ann I know.

483
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 1: By this point we were actually mingling with other people

484
00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,880
Speaker 1: on the trip and and the other tourists, Like we

485
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 1: definitely skewed the median age one a little bit one way,

486
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,159
Speaker 1: right that. Um, but I mean there were there were

487
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:18,720
Speaker 1: lots of retired school teachers, um, lots of older women, uh,

488
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,640
Speaker 1: women of a certain age I should say, who turned

489
00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,959
Speaker 1: out to just be awesome like this, This isn't normally

490
00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:26,600
Speaker 1: the crowd we run with. And but all of them

491
00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:30,200
Speaker 1: were just super cool, super fun to talk to. And

492
00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,919
Speaker 1: it wasn't just like polite like you're talking to your friends,

493
00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:36,240
Speaker 1: you know, grandmother mom kind of conversations like I had

494
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:42,200
Speaker 1: really real conversations with these people. And right, it's so weird,

495
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,520
Speaker 1: like my skin didn't prickle. But um, but but by

496
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,879
Speaker 1: this night, by this dinner, we were all kind of

497
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,720
Speaker 1: separated and like mingling with the rest of the tour,

498
00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 1: like on a really fundamental level. I thought that was cool. Yeah,

499
00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:57,840
Speaker 1: we all ate dinner with our own little groups, and

500
00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:00,919
Speaker 1: I charmed everybody at my table. Sure you did. You

501
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:05,280
Speaker 1: were like the cool cousin at the wedding. Thank you. Sure.

502
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:08,280
Speaker 1: Uh So the next day we uh we took off

503
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:13,119
Speaker 1: for town and they the co ed gang, took us

504
00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 1: on the walking tour that we mentioned earlier when we

505
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,720
Speaker 1: got in trouble from the local cops, but Gabby worked

506
00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:20,000
Speaker 1: it out, and that's when we went around to the

507
00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:22,320
Speaker 1: chapels and the churches and they had a lot of

508
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,040
Speaker 1: knowledge and it was you know, it's like a really

509
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:25,840
Speaker 1: good tour. I've never been on such a good tour

510
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,680
Speaker 1: in my life. Yes, And the last bus back from

511
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:32,760
Speaker 1: the square was leaving, which left Dan running after it,

512
00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:35,560
Speaker 1: waving and waving with a big smile on his face.

513
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:40,800
Speaker 1: And that was the first time we saw a horse diaper. Yeah,

514
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,800
Speaker 1: I've never seen that, and it was full and it

515
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 1: was pretty much what you think it was. It was

516
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:49,000
Speaker 1: a diaper on a horse that kind of hung low. Sure,

517
00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 1: it was weird. So uh. We go on this tour

518
00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 1: for the first half of the day and saw all

519
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 1: this great stuff, and then the second half of the

520
00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,880
Speaker 1: day we meet back in the town square and our

521
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,760
Speaker 1: group was the three of us and then this guy

522
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,760
Speaker 1: named Steve who was old buddies with the Burning your

523
00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:08,479
Speaker 1: Brothers and a co ed supporter all these years, obviously

524
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 1: because he's a good friend of the family and believes

525
00:29:10,760 --> 00:29:14,000
Speaker 1: in what they're doing. And he's a doctor in Cincinnati,

526
00:29:14,160 --> 00:29:17,239
Speaker 1: right and bilingual, so he went with us, and then

527
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 1: we were paired with two kids from the co ed program,

528
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,200
Speaker 1: a boy and a girl, and they were charged to

529
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 1: take us around town while we shopped and helped us

530
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:29,480
Speaker 1: like haggle and Jerry took a little shine to the

531
00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 1: girl there and that was our little buddy. Yes, they

532
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:36,040
Speaker 1: turned out to be fast friends. It was very cute. Yeah,

533
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 1: which is sort of like the KFC of Guatemala. I'm

534
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 1: sorry to just steal your thunder because I mentioned the meal. Yeah, yeah,

535
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:47,920
Speaker 1: I didn't eat this meal though. Actually remember I wasn't hungry,

536
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:51,600
Speaker 1: that's right, oddly, and so they took his shopping and uh.

537
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 1: One of the coolest things on this little excursion was

538
00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:56,560
Speaker 1: we got together and we're like, hey, let you know,

539
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 1: we should buy these kids something because you know how

540
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 1: it is when you go to when these kind trees,

541
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,560
Speaker 1: like these handmade goods are like dirt cheap. And that's

542
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:05,400
Speaker 1: not why we decided to buy him something, right, but

543
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 1: we can buy one of these kids something. Yeah, we thought,

544
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:08,960
Speaker 1: you know, let's let him pick out whatever they want.

545
00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 1: And we had Steve translate because he was the man

546
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:15,080
Speaker 1: in Spanish, and we asked, uh, we told him to

547
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,280
Speaker 1: tell the kids pick out anything you want, and we'll

548
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:19,800
Speaker 1: buy anything you want. And I thought that they would

549
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,120
Speaker 1: pick out some toy or some like fun thing. The

550
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:25,840
Speaker 1: little boy picked out a crucifix cross to where I

551
00:30:25,960 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 1: noticed and that what did the girl get? Jears bracelets

552
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:30,840
Speaker 1: for her family. I don't know if that came through,

553
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,560
Speaker 1: but that was Jerry. But they've already heard her now

554
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 1: the cats out of the bag. So that just kind

555
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 1: of touched us all, you know, that they were thinking

556
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:44,760
Speaker 1: of their family or his religion instead of you know,

557
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,440
Speaker 1: do they have iPhones around here anywhere? Neither one of

558
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:52,760
Speaker 1: them asked that. So we left, We parted company with

559
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:56,840
Speaker 1: our kids and um, I already set that up. Dan

560
00:30:57,120 --> 00:30:59,600
Speaker 1: was running after the bus. Right. Actually, we did a

561
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 1: little more shopping on our own. Remember, oh yeah, we did,

562
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 1: the three of us. That was fun, Yeah, it was fun.

563
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:07,520
Speaker 1: And we ended up back at the hotel um for

564
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 1: the last night's dinner, right and the last night's happy

565
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:14,200
Speaker 1: hour with more runs a copy, And we didn't explain

566
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 1: the runs a cop of thing you're are meant to

567
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 1: burn the devil out? Remember, Oh yeah, that's pretty cool.

568
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:20,760
Speaker 1: Let's tell him what that is. So when you finished

569
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,560
Speaker 1: the bottle, you, you rub it. You everyone stands in

570
00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 1: a circle who's trank it and you rub it all

571
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,440
Speaker 1: over your buddy and you get it like roll in

572
00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 1: your in your hands and you get it all warm.

573
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,080
Speaker 1: You do this for a good five minutes and then

574
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:34,000
Speaker 1: you hold the lighter up to the end and this

575
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:39,240
Speaker 1: like blue flame comes out. It looks like a caramelizing torch. Yeah,

576
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:41,200
Speaker 1: it kind of shoots out, and they call They do

577
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:44,400
Speaker 1: that because the Guatemalans believe that if you ingest liquor,

578
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,120
Speaker 1: then that's the devil living inside of you. So all

579
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 1: you gotta do to write the ship is just burn

580
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:51,320
Speaker 1: the devil out at the end of the bottle and

581
00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 1: you're all set bing bang boom. So we did that

582
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:55,800
Speaker 1: and that was a lot of fun. We'res in a

583
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:57,600
Speaker 1: great mood of this week. We're all buddies, and it

584
00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:00,440
Speaker 1: was we're all having a blast. So we have the

585
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 1: final night they have um a slide show of the week,

586
00:32:04,560 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: which is always nice. It's like camp. There was a

587
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,720
Speaker 1: picture of me fighting a bull with firecrackers on its back. Yeah,

588
00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:18,000
Speaker 1: we both did that. I was wearing an apron and uh.

589
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 1: They did a little slide show which is really nice

590
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 1: and then this was Jerry's birthday, so they brought out

591
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:25,040
Speaker 1: a cake and they came to me earlier in the

592
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,480
Speaker 1: night said, hey, do you think if we got a

593
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 1: cake it would embarrass Jerry? Yes it would, and yes

594
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 1: you should. So they did so, brought the cake out

595
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,320
Speaker 1: and in Guatemalan tradition, they forced her to put her

596
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 1: face in it. Yeah, I'm not sure that was guatemal

597
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,440
Speaker 1: In like a co ed thing. So Jerry had to

598
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 1: take a bite of the cake without using her hands, essentially,

599
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 1: and she did it, Yes she did. She was a

600
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,000
Speaker 1: good sport. Jerry is letting loose at this point. Yes,

601
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 1: I saw a whole new side of her. So after

602
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,880
Speaker 1: after dinner, in the slide show, we had the opportunity

603
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:55,600
Speaker 1: everyone there if they wanted to say a few words

604
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:59,560
Speaker 1: about their week, uh, to do so, and I, uh

605
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 1: put you back in your seat and took the opportunity

606
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,800
Speaker 1: to speak for the team. Yeah, and I was very

607
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:08,240
Speaker 1: very glad you did, because Chuck, you killed it. You

608
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:12,320
Speaker 1: had everyone in the room little teary eyed except you.

609
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:17,480
Speaker 1: I think I probably was really sure you had the

610
00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:19,840
Speaker 1: heart strings pulled. I was pulling like a kite, like

611
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,720
Speaker 1: a box kite. It was very sweet. It was very

612
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,880
Speaker 1: It was a very good speech, and you you did

613
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 1: a good job capturing the this since that we had

614
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 1: a kind of our eyes being opened down there and

615
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,400
Speaker 1: our hearts being open to I appreciate that I spoke

616
00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,760
Speaker 1: from the heart a minute. Good job man. And another

617
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 1: one of the people that spoke was Michelle McMaster, Yeah,

618
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 1: who we were on the trip with, and um, I

619
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,840
Speaker 1: don't remember if we were just tired, we didn't want

620
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:52,440
Speaker 1: to record anymore. Jerry worked like pretty much the whole

621
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 1: time we were down there, we worked a lot. I

622
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,280
Speaker 1: felt really bad for Jerry. This point, we were like

623
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:59,000
Speaker 1: put the camera away for the night. So we we

624
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 1: knew Michelle lived in Atlanta, and we're like, well, have

625
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 1: you come in and how about we interview in Atlanta

626
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:07,520
Speaker 1: because we want to get the perspective of a donor.

627
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: And she was kind enough to let us off the

628
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:11,799
Speaker 1: hook and say yes, So we we did get her perspective,

629
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:14,800
Speaker 1: and she did come in and sat down and we

630
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 1: asked her some questions about why she was donating to

631
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 1: co ED because when we were down there, she was

632
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:26,520
Speaker 1: basically on like this distribution tour, a memorial tour for her. UM,

633
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 1: her her mother in law, and this is her third

634
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:30,879
Speaker 1: trip to guatemal and she was like an old pro

635
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 1: at donating. She's not she she doesn't come from this opulent,

636
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:39,920
Speaker 1: wealthy family necessarily. She's just a normal at lantin who

637
00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:42,359
Speaker 1: really figured that this is a good way to to

638
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 1: do something with her money. It's just such a poor

639
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: country and I am so fortunate. I my family is fortunate,

640
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,879
Speaker 1: and I just feel at this point in my life,

641
00:34:54,920 --> 00:34:58,280
Speaker 1: I can do something about it, and I can get back,

642
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 1: and you know, I hope that a lot of people

643
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,399
Speaker 1: have the opportunity to do that, because it just it's

644
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 1: way better feeling for me than it is for them

645
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 1: to receive the books. I mean, they thank us, but

646
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,560
Speaker 1: I mean I really feel like I should thank them.

647
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:18,400
Speaker 1: And Chuck, Um, Michelle was not the only veteran donor

648
00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:20,360
Speaker 1: that was on the tour with us. You remember Casey

649
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,000
Speaker 1: and Cathy, Do remember they're very awesome. Yes, they have

650
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 1: a little little place in my heart. Yeah. And um,

651
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,799
Speaker 1: they've they've gotten into sponsoring this is I don't I

652
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,480
Speaker 1: don't remember how many tours they've been on by the

653
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,360
Speaker 1: time they went on this one, but um, they've really

654
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 1: taken a shine to code and they They and Michelle

655
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,440
Speaker 1: are very exemplary of the kind of people who go

656
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 1: on these tours, especially repeat tours. There are people who

657
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,439
Speaker 1: are like, you know, I can just take a little

658
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 1: bit of this money and it just grows and grows

659
00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:51,840
Speaker 1: and grows. And I think that's one of the reasons

660
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 1: that Coed has such like this loyal following, uh, this

661
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:59,640
Speaker 1: really dedicated group of people that they attract and keep

662
00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:05,160
Speaker 1: because the money stays there, it doesn't get used up.

663
00:36:05,239 --> 00:36:08,240
Speaker 1: It's sustainable. It's a sustainable model and it's a pretty

664
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 1: amazing one too. Yeah. I like, I want to find

665
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:12,160
Speaker 1: one person that's gone on one of these tours that

666
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,319
Speaker 1: comes back and it's like, wow, that was nice, good

667
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:17,840
Speaker 1: luck with everything. I don't think it happens like we're

668
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,120
Speaker 1: we're signed up for life with these guys. Yeah. So

669
00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 1: after dinner, it's Jerry's birthday, so we decide that we

670
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:27,600
Speaker 1: need to go out and celebrate a little bit in

671
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 1: town because there's like clubs in Antigua evidently yes, scott clubs, yes,

672
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:34,400
Speaker 1: and don't don't you have a little I have a

673
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:37,759
Speaker 1: disclaimer here that I'd like to insert. I did not

674
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:41,440
Speaker 1: go out that night. I stayed in. I was very

675
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:43,799
Speaker 1: tired and happy to stay in, but I was also

676
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:45,879
Speaker 1: happy to see you guys go and have a good time,

677
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 1: most of the co ed folks. And boy, how doy

678
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:52,320
Speaker 1: did you guys go out? Yeah? Yeah, from what I understand.

679
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:54,680
Speaker 1: First of all, at breakfast the next morning, I could

680
00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 1: barely sit at the same table as you guys so bad.

681
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,520
Speaker 1: Do you want to recount a little bit of this, Well, Josh,

682
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,319
Speaker 1: I'm really not allowed to say what went on that night.

683
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,440
Speaker 1: We've all been support to secrecy. But let's just say

684
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,839
Speaker 1: there was a nightclub involved. There was a band, live

685
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:16,480
Speaker 1: band playing Guatemalan sky music. I danced for hours and

686
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:22,360
Speaker 1: I am not a dancer, and the next I'm not

687
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:24,400
Speaker 1: a dancer. And the next day I woke up with

688
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 1: bruises on my hands because I fell out of the

689
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 1: back of a pickup truck at some point onto a

690
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:34,759
Speaker 1: cobblestone street. It's not it's not good, Chuck. No, it

691
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,359
Speaker 1: was truly one of the best best nights I've ever had.

692
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 1: We kept going the next morning, and you're just like, shut.

693
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 1: It was great. It brought me back to my college

694
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:47,560
Speaker 1: days as if I was an exchange student in Guatemala,

695
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,400
Speaker 1: that the experience I never got to live back and

696
00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:53,200
Speaker 1: you said the band was like right there right, Oh yeah.

697
00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,120
Speaker 1: I mean I've never been to a club that's more

698
00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:58,719
Speaker 1: crowded in my life and it was just like dancing

699
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:03,080
Speaker 1: and sweating and having a great time. It's just that's great.

700
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:06,000
Speaker 1: And I've just gotten word from Jerry that it was

701
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:09,879
Speaker 1: the best birthday of her life and she's like forty

702
00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 1: so best speech from you, but wow, best speech from you,

703
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:18,319
Speaker 1: best birthday from Jerry. My cold black heart opened up

704
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:22,000
Speaker 1: a little bit, you know, like Mr Burns, Oh you're

705
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 1: not Mr Burns, Oh thank you. Checking I saw the

706
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 1: warmest side of you that I've ever seen, really, and

707
00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:31,200
Speaker 1: I haven't seen it since, but we'll just call it

708
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 1: Guatemala and Josh, okay, you just keep that to yourself.

709
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 1: I loved it. Uh Any final final thoughts on the

710
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:41,239
Speaker 1: whole trip, Yes, chuck um. Remember we originally went down

711
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 1: there to do a podcast on whether education can alleviate poverty,

712
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:49,280
Speaker 1: and in very short order we were like, no, this

713
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: this actually deserves its own podcast. This is a pretty

714
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 1: amazing organization. It deserves too. Exactly. It has all that

715
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:59,799
Speaker 1: your marks of a great organization that deserves a podcast.

716
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 1: It it's an underdog. It's kind of small. It's been

717
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 1: chugging along for fourteen years. Yeah, started out super small

718
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:09,480
Speaker 1: and it's just just grown and been more successful and

719
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:13,880
Speaker 1: amazing yep. UM And there's a lot of really dedicated,

720
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:18,440
Speaker 1: genuinely good people who are really giving themselves and not

721
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:23,319
Speaker 1: exploiting these this group this is I asked Jeff what

722
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:30,359
Speaker 1: percentage of UM donations go to the actual people? And

723
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:34,640
Speaker 1: I think the industry standard is like fifty and they're

724
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:39,000
Speaker 1: hitting like eight five something like that. That's huge. It's

725
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 1: an enormous that's an enormous contribution, you know. Yeah, you

726
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,960
Speaker 1: know why I figured out is they're all really really smart.

727
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:48,880
Speaker 1: Everyone down there that we talked to from co ED

728
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:52,799
Speaker 1: was like really sharp and had honed this program down

729
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:57,640
Speaker 1: to like an efficient, a really efficient charitable machine. I

730
00:39:57,640 --> 00:40:00,360
Speaker 1: guess is the best way I can say it. So Shook,

731
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 1: I have a feeling that you have some final impressions

732
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 1: you'd like to share, and I'm not the only one,

733
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:10,560
Speaker 1: I think who wants to hear them. Well, I could

734
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 1: just say did oh Josh would do it? You gotta

735
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,480
Speaker 1: slather it on pud Well like we said, I mean,

736
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 1: the people of coed are just doing amazing work. They're unbelievable.

737
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:22,120
Speaker 1: The people of Guatemala were just some of the warmest,

738
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:26,960
Speaker 1: most welcoming people we ever met, Um, that I've ever met.

739
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,160
Speaker 1: I know, like you said, they you know, laid down

740
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,439
Speaker 1: like evergreen bells at our feet when we walked through

741
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:34,360
Speaker 1: and the kids came out. You know, remember the last school.

742
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,360
Speaker 1: They came out and each one of them like hugged

743
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:39,320
Speaker 1: us and like ushered us in like one by one,

744
00:40:39,920 --> 00:40:42,960
Speaker 1: and uh, you know, the principle speaking at the one place.

745
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,799
Speaker 1: And then people like Caroline who are give up their

746
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,840
Speaker 1: jobs to go down there and live and teach these kids.

747
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 1: It was just the whole thing completely blew me away.

748
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,640
Speaker 1: Change my perspective on on what we have here, what

749
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 1: I have, I'll never look at a pencil the same

750
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:02,880
Speaker 1: way again. I'll tell you that excellent And um, I

751
00:41:02,880 --> 00:41:05,319
Speaker 1: would go back again. And Jerry is going back again. Yes,

752
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 1: she's going to get in the summer. They have taken

753
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:09,719
Speaker 1: a shine to her and vice versa. Yeah, she's doing

754
00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:12,799
Speaker 1: some video work for them, which is pretty cool. Yeah,

755
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 1: she's going on the July Snapshot tour. Right. Yeah, So

756
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,879
Speaker 1: anybody who wants to go hang with Jerry and Guatemala

757
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,400
Speaker 1: can that's your chance. Yeah, uh and Chuck. If people

758
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 1: want to see pictures of our Guatemalan tour, the one

759
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:28,839
Speaker 1: we've already been on, we have them on the site.

760
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:33,759
Speaker 1: You created an image gallery, right, Yeah, seventy photos of

761
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:37,399
Speaker 1: us and Guatemala. Get a pencil out or a pen

762
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,719
Speaker 1: people write this down. We're also going to post this

763
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,279
Speaker 1: on Facebook if it's too long for you, but for

764
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 1: you non facebookers, it is www dot adventure dot how

765
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:53,200
Speaker 1: Stuff Works dot com, slash stuff dash you dash should

766
00:41:53,560 --> 00:42:02,360
Speaker 1: dash no dash, Guatemala dash pictures dot htm. So essentially

767
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 1: it's Adventure, how Stuff Work, stuff you should know, Guatemala

768
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,520
Speaker 1: pictures right with hyphens in between. Yeah, and like I said,

769
00:42:07,520 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 1: we'll put it on Facebook and tweet it out and

770
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,160
Speaker 1: uh so those of you in the know, well we'll

771
00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:14,799
Speaker 1: have an easier time with that. And if you want

772
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:18,960
Speaker 1: to know more information about the Cooperative for Education co ED,

773
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:21,719
Speaker 1: the work they do, that's you man, you know all

774
00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 1: about them. I'm talking to the people now. Um, you

775
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 1: can log onto their internet website at www dot co ED.

776
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:34,560
Speaker 1: You see dot org that c o E D You

777
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 1: see dot org and Jerry tells us that you can

778
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:40,040
Speaker 1: just type in Cooperative for Education and this U r

779
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 1: L bar and it'll redirect. Yeah, they got info on

780
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 1: their website about UM the tour that you can take.

781
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 1: It's not very expensive actually just to go down there

782
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 1: for a week. They really take care of you. They

783
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:54,560
Speaker 1: have like you know, security with you. It's really safe. UM.

784
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:58,279
Speaker 1: I guarantee you will have a life changing experience. And

785
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:00,239
Speaker 1: they haven't got a video about the tour are on

786
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,360
Speaker 1: there that you can watch, and I defy you to

787
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 1: watch it and not get a little tear eyed. Uh.

788
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,040
Speaker 1: And it's all there on the website all the information

789
00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 1: and you should check it out for sure. To check

790
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:11,680
Speaker 1: that out. And again, if you want to donate the

791
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:15,080
Speaker 1: co ed UH, you can text a five dollar donation

792
00:43:15,640 --> 00:43:19,320
Speaker 1: by texting the word stuff s t U F F

793
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:25,360
Speaker 1: yeah to to zero two to two. You'll donate five dollars.

794
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:28,680
Speaker 1: You'll receive a text back asking you to confirm the donation.

795
00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:33,319
Speaker 1: Simply reply with the word yes to complete the donation right,

796
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,279
Speaker 1: and we have to say a one time five dollar

797
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 1: donation will be charged your wireless bill or deducted from

798
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:44,080
Speaker 1: your prepaid balance. Messaging and data rates may apply. If

799
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:46,799
Speaker 1: you change your mind before confirming the donation, you can

800
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,920
Speaker 1: amply stop to two zero to two two, or if

801
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:53,560
Speaker 1: you need help, reply the word help. Donations are collected

802
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:56,279
Speaker 1: by the Mobile Giving Foundation. For more info, you can

803
00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:59,359
Speaker 1: call eight six six eight one oh one two zero

804
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 1: three or go to h m g F dot org

805
00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:07,879
Speaker 1: slash t what a website. Huh wow, nice job man. Thanks. Uh.

806
00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:12,040
Speaker 1: And some wireless carriers limit the number of donations you

807
00:44:12,080 --> 00:44:14,839
Speaker 1: can make, so you check with your wireless carrier if

808
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:17,600
Speaker 1: you want to make more than one. Yeah, and uh.

809
00:44:17,719 --> 00:44:19,480
Speaker 1: On a personal note, I just want to say we've

810
00:44:19,520 --> 00:44:23,719
Speaker 1: had awesome response from our Kiva sponsorships. So we kind

811
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:26,160
Speaker 1: of talked the stuff you should know Army up to

812
00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:28,960
Speaker 1: co Ed and we said, uh, five dollar text, that's

813
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:31,279
Speaker 1: the way to go. Like, these people will definitely hear

814
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:33,160
Speaker 1: the story and they'll definitely want to throw five bucks

815
00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:36,280
Speaker 1: your way. And uh, so I just want to literally,

816
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:39,479
Speaker 1: we don't ask people for much often, but I'm gonna

817
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:42,360
Speaker 1: ask you to do that text five dollars and um,

818
00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:44,600
Speaker 1: the clock is sticking a little bit because these text

819
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:47,440
Speaker 1: donation campaigns they're not like they don't run in perpetuity.

820
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 1: So I think it's through what is it jars into July.

821
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:53,320
Speaker 1: So pick out your phone right now, just do a

822
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:57,520
Speaker 1: little quick text. Like we said, five bucks, we'll buy

823
00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 1: textbooks for one student for an entire year year and

824
00:45:00,719 --> 00:45:03,120
Speaker 1: then it goes into the Revolving Fund and it's self

825
00:45:03,160 --> 00:45:06,920
Speaker 1: sustainable and essentially you bought textbooks for life. And if

826
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:09,520
Speaker 1: you want to donate more, you can go to their website.

827
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:11,440
Speaker 1: They have information on how you can, like you can

828
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:14,120
Speaker 1: actually sponsor a computer center, get your name on it

829
00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:17,400
Speaker 1: and go down there and visit it and cherish it

830
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:20,520
Speaker 1: and hug it. And now you can go to their

831
00:45:20,520 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 1: website and they have all kinds of information on how

832
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:24,399
Speaker 1: you can get more involved or go on a tour.

833
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 1: And it's really really great. And listen to us, Chuck,

834
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:32,240
Speaker 1: I mean, like, really, we sound like we are hosting

835
00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:35,040
Speaker 1: a telephon. I I never thought that I would I

836
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:37,040
Speaker 1: would be doing something like this, And I think to

837
00:45:37,120 --> 00:45:40,239
Speaker 1: the very fact that we are doing it hopefully lend

838
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:43,000
Speaker 1: some sort of credence to to how we actually feel

839
00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:45,880
Speaker 1: about co ED. Absolutely, we wouldn't be doing this for

840
00:45:45,920 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 1: any uh fly by Night nonprofit. These guys are great,

841
00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:52,239
Speaker 1: So again, If you want to learn more about co ed,

842
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:56,960
Speaker 1: go to www. Dot co ed. You see dot org.

843
00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:02,120
Speaker 1: Uh and we're gonna post pictures on our blogs. Uh No,

844
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:04,800
Speaker 1: I'm gonna set up an image gallery and we will

845
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:07,640
Speaker 1: put that on Facebook and then the blog. How you

846
00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 1: can get there and we'll have you know, probably close

847
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:12,239
Speaker 1: to like a hundred pictures of our trip. Excellent. Well,

848
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:41,960
Speaker 1: that's it, right, Viva Guatemala. For more on this and

849
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:45,480
Speaker 1: thousands of other topics, visit how stuff works dot com.

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00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:48,440
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