Collected Item: “"Ways to Connect Despite Social Distance: Empower Ecuador"”
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"Ways to Connect Despite Social Distance: Empower Ecuador"
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Screenshot
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When being part of the program Empower: Ecuador at my school, we were preparing ourselves to travel to Guayaquil, Ecuador to be present with the families in the community. The families in the community were called our neighbors. Prior to traveling and meeting families in person, each person from the class was given a bookmark with a picture of a neighbor and a brief description of who they were. We were supposed to pray for the person selected and have him/her in our hearts until we meet them in person. Due to COVID-19, we were never able to meet these people whom we felt very close to and it was very sad. Therefore, we were tasked with the beautiful idea of writing letters to them about our prayers and best wishes for them in times of trouble. After a couple of months, I received a message through Messenger, and to my surprise, it was the person I wrote the letter to. She was thanking me for the letter and for how happy she felt when she received it. Also, she shared the desire to get to know me more through social media. It was a beautiful moment and proof of how we could connect with each other despite the social distance. To express this story I am sharing a screenshot of a conversation through Facebook (messenger) with a neighbor from Guayaquil, Ecuador. She is telling me that she received the letter I sent and how grateful she is for it.
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#coveryourfangs, HS6301, Letters, Messenger, Facebook, ConnectedInDistance, EmpowerEcuador, CommunityEngagement, ServiceWhileInCovid, COVID19, Ecuador
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Wilzave Quiles Guzman
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2021-08-14