Camp 61

Oct 13, 2014     dhuerta   0 Comment     Cultures, Landscapes, People, Travel

When I met them on a train, I thought that we were from two different worlds. Our skin color was different, our eyes were different and I even thought that we spoke a different language.

An exchange of words led me to ask them if I could join them in their world, the answer was an immediate yes.
I met Johan, Eva, Isaac, Aaron and Johan Junior, an Amish family from Chihuahua. I met their lifestyle, their day-to-day activities, their recreational spaces, as well as their ideas and beliefs. As minutes passed, I noticed that we weren’t so different. We shared a spot on a table for dinner, they shared their food with me. We shared silence, and it seemed that I was entertaining for them as they smiled when I made questions or comments.

I said goodbye thinking that we were not so different after all and that we actually where from the same world. I thought our skin was the same, our eyes were the same and our l even though that we spoke the same language.

Cuando los conocí en ese tren me pareció que veníamos de mundos distintos, nuestra piel era distinta, nuestra mirada era distinta, nuestro idioma era distinto, eso me pareció.

Un intercambio de palabras me llevó a pedirles poder acompañarlos en su espacio, en su mundo, su respuesta fué inmediata…si.
Fue así como conocí a Johan, Eva, Isaac, Aaron y Johan hijo, una familia menonita de Chihuahua. Conocí su estilo de vida, sus actividades diarias, sus espacios de esparcimiento, sus ideas y creencias, cada minuto que pasaba me parecían mas familiares, me compartieron su mesa, su comida, su silencio, el cuál rompía a cada instante con preguntas y comentarios que al parecer eran graciosos pues los hacía sonreír.

Cuando me despedí de ellos me pareció que veníamos de un mismo mundo, me pareció que nuestra piel era igual, nuestra mirada era igual, nuestro idioma era igual, eso me pareció.

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