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Success is in the eye of the beholder. One of the most enriching things about this last year of working with our new Guatemala community...
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Owen Dargatz
- May 27
- 6 min
Family Travel Tips
Things we've learned traveling with children. I'm not big on reading "Top Ten Tips" blogs or stuff like that, but Christina and I are on...
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Owen Dargatz
- Feb 28
- 1 min
Everything between them means nothing.
Reaching up for a hug, Today, care comes from another, Studying cracks and following wrinkles that lead deep into eyes. Those eyes known...
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Owen Dargatz
- Feb 20
- 4 min
Me and my boy
A few days ago, I wrote about my eldest's son Simon's twelfth birthday in The Daily Scroll. It's easy to be a dad. In fact, for many men,...
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Owen Dargatz
- Feb 9
- 4 min
A day trip through rural Guatemala
Edwin is a good man. He has been working the till at a hardware store close to our home in San Juan since he established the shop around...
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Owen Dargatz
- Dec 6, 2021
- 5 min
Three lefts make a right.
Each wrong turn we took led us closer to where we were meant to be all along. We met another young family with a small boy named Damian...
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Owen Dargatz
- Sep 25, 2021
- 4 min
Guatemalan Barbershop Banter
A few days ago, it was my birthday. My loving wife let me know that I was going away for a few days to take some time to clear my mind,...
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Owen Dargatz
- Aug 9, 2021
- 3 min
Hope is with us.
We are certain of something we currently cannot see. As we pick up little pieces of trash from the beach with a small group of kids, the...
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Owen Dargatz
- Jul 19, 2021
- 6 min
Insight on the children
Six weeks in Guatemala after a big move and lots of change. I want to zero in on each of the kids, look at the challenges they are facing...
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Owen Dargatz
- May 18, 2021
- 5 min
Home is not a place
One step at a time. It's easy to get ahead of myself when there is so much to get done. Over and over again, I forget to simply focus on...
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