Setbacks that Launch Us Forward

“You’ll have to get out and walk from here the rest of the way,” our driver announced to the passengers on our small tour bus. Carrying all of our belongings for the weekend ahead, we began the near vertical hike up to the community of Huilloc Alto, tucked in a pocket of the Andes. We were at nearly 12,000 ft of elevation, breathing hard and sweating in the cool mountain air. The road to the community was supposed to be finished by now and yet thanks to the water running down from the streams on the mountain peaks, our car...