Lehman's Country Life

Bezaleel means “under the shadow of God” and is the name of a school in Guatemala where Galen Lehman did volunteer work in July, 2008. #6 and final posting in a series of posts on what he learned there.

Every day on the job site in Guatemala, we followed a routine.  And the routine was never more constant than at meals.  Every meal, breakfast, lunch and dinner, featured the same basic ingredients:

- Corn tortillas
- Black beans
- Lukewarm and weak, sugary coffee

If it was a good day, there was a small piece of dry cheese.  On three occasions, we had unsalted scrambled eggs (but never for breakfast).

Eating that same flavorless food every day for the span of two weeks at first seemed manageable.  After all, our hosts ate it every day for their whole life, right?  How bad could it be?

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