We bid farewell to Karen yesterday at Viña Studios. A long-time volunteer at Viña, Karen arrived about five years ago to help in the area of ethnomusicology, using her skills as a pianist and a guitarist to teach songwriting and musical concepts to rural Mayan followers of Jesus Christ, encouraging them to write original worship songs to God in their own language.
Karen was instrumental in helping develop the “Deditos” finger-puppet video project, writing rough video scripts, coordinating the 10-step script review process, helping design sets, even enlisting her mother’s help in North America to acquire fabrics for the sets. She also taught at a Christian school in Guatemala City.
During a farewell party yesterday, several employees spoke, thanking Karen for her years of service. Rick, Viña’s chairman of the board of directors, and Jose, Viña’s creative director, prayed for her. Afterward, we enjoyed chicken sandwiches from Pollo Campero, Guatemala’s version of KFC, and a delicious cake from Holandesa.
When she returns home to Southern California, Karen plans to pursue teaching opportunities. Karen, thanks for your contributions to Viña and to the kingdom of God in Guatemala.
Dating Tikal’s Mendez Causeway
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In an earlier post on Maya Decipherment I speculated that the lengthy text
of Tikal’s Temple of the Inscriptions (or Temple VI, dedicated in 766 AD)
refers...
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