1. Although I'll be living in Savannah, Georgia, I'll be working with mostly Mexican immigrants and therefore speaking in Spanish for a major part of my days. So I decided it would be appropriate to make the title of my blog, as well as the titles of my posts, in Spanish.
2. Every time I have traveled in Latin America and have gone to a market, I have been asked "¿Qué buscas?" ("What are you searching for?"). My answer has varied significantly, from "postales" or some other random souvenir to "mis dos amigos" who had recently ventured off in Antigua, Guatemala in January. However, whenever I was asked that question, I was often left musing to myself about what I was really searching for in life. "En busca de" translates to "In search of".
3. As some of you know, I am doing the Mercy Volunteer Corps. Although in the Mass the word "mercy" is translated to "piedad", the Sisters of Mercy are known as the Hermanas de la Misericordia in Spanish. Mercy has all sorts of different meanings, which I hope to reflect on more throughout my year. Thus, the name of my blog: "In search of mercy".
I think it sounds better in Spanish (as do most things, in my opinion).
