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LASP NEWS
LASP’s mission is to cultivate a Christ-centered community of critical thinking learner-scholars from multiple disciplines, that seeks to expand global awareness and integrate Kingdom values via experiential learning in the Latin American context, challenging students to respectfully engage our host cultures and strive for academic excellence.
A Biannual Newsletter
Introducing Dr. Debbie Berhó, new LASP Director New LASP Director, Dr. Debbie Berhó, shares her story and her vision for LASP.
Fall 2016 Current
Pursuing Truth
Perspectives A few updates from our current semester
Bailey Gerber, from Grace College shares a reflection on her journey with LASP.
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Alumni Updates Read about what LASP alumni are doing, where they are in the world, and what they are passionate about. P. 5-6
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Introducing
Introducing Dr. Debbie Berhó, new LASP Director by Debbie Berhó LASP holds a very special place in the hearts of our more than 1,000 alumni, and provokes a variety of responses from CCCU campus constituents. My directorship represents a change that will feel threatening to some, and be welcomed by others. I want to introduce myself as transparently as possible, to indicate my openness to communicating with you. When I was 4 years old, I discovered a book with fascinating drawings of beautiful women with fancy combs in their hair, wearing elegant shawls, and handsome men in bolero jackets playing guitars. It was my mom’s Spanish textbook. At that tender age, my fascination for the Spanish language began. It has led me to travel in Spain, Mexico, Benoit and Debbie Berhó Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and Uruguay, with longer stays in Costa Rica, Ecuador and Chile. In 1986, when LASP was just starting, I too spent a semester abroad in Costa Rica, over on the next hill at the Seminario Nazareno de las Americas (SENDAS), as part of my BA in International Studies from Northwest Nazarene College. While there I met a charming Chilean student, Benoit, who eventually became my husband. We lived in Idaho and later New Mexico while I was completing my masters and doctorate in Latin American Studies from the Latin American Institute of the University of New Mexico. My two areas of focus were Spanish Linguistics and Modern Latin American History. We have three children – our son Dominique is 27 and works as a college recruiter in Southern California. Our oldest daughter Chantal is married and is mom to our precious granddaughter, Annelise, who is 2 ½. They live in Oregon. Our youngest daughter, Lisette, is 15 and has made the giant leap with us to life in Costa Rica.
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Introducing