Five things learnt on crazy, Loco Costa Rican service trip. Week Uno!

MarkfromBoston 🌻Ukraine

3 min readJan 23

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I parachuted on a volunteer trip all by myself. A window opened but was closing fast…

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Hola amigos y amigos de la Medium. I just have a minute to update you on this journey…

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Sharing stories of thrills of love. Just completed a teaching volunteer service in Costa Rica. Treasure the Medium tribe as my family. Connecting is what I do.

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