Jimmy Liu's Guatemala trip

“Where words fail, music speaks.”  – Hans Christian Anderson
I didn’t really fully understand this quote until I spent a week in a small orphanage in Guatemala, where words literally failed since my Spanish vocabulary is “lost tourist” level at best. In a small town where live music was an impossible luxury, my ability to play the violin was an almost unknown gift. By using my limited vocabulary and small gestures, I was able to communicate and teach the children basic skills on the violin. Throughout the time I spent in the village, I brought life and excitement to the children by using the voice of the violin.