Life in Santa Lucia

Hey everyone! I have arrived safe and sound in Honduras. The line I chose for entering into the country was the slowest moving line but that’s how customs work. I haven’t seen much of Honduras due to the fact that I have a rigorous training schedule. I wake up at 6 am to shower and eat breakfast. I then have a twenty-minute mountainous walk to the training center. Language classes begin at 7:30 am and go until 11:30am with 3 breaks. One of my Honduran cousins brings my lunch in a Tupperware container to the training center. I then have classes from 12:30 to 4:30 pm. These classes are either training or CORE classes. I don’t much enjoy CORE classes but they will become fewer and fewer as the weeks begin to pass.

My family here is great! My mother Luz Maria takes care of the house and on the weekends, she works at a store on the main street that sells fresh bread and sweets. My father Jorge is a taxi driver in Tegucigalpa. My sister Heidi works a bank in Tegucigalpa, Jenny goes to university and Katy goes to high school. They have had a 2-month Christmas/winter vacation. I often go to the soccer field and play soccer with my cousins or play ultimate frisbee with other aspirantes. I am surprised at how many people are some what nervous about being here and giving up two years of their life for Honduras. I am glad to be here and I can’t wait to begin working with my Honduran counterpart.

As of right now Santa Lucia has a very slow internet café and I am not always able to access my hotmail. So if you want feel free to leave comments here on my website. I love and miss all of you.