Up to Date

I guess i will bring you guys up to date on the last few days happenings! Yesterday was sunday, so we had the day off from work. We hung out on the beach for a while in the morning (I am starting to look almost as tan as a honduran!) and then started walking up to the waterfall with the whole group. On our way there we saw a soccer game in progress at the little stadium, and decided to stay behind and watch while everyone went swimming. It was well worth it! Soccer here is HUGE, and a lot of people turned out to watch. I have been getting really into it lately. After the game, we walked into town and got lunch at chicken express, watched some more soccer, and sat in the park to people watch. Last night we went to Cocopando again to watch the Garifuna dancing. We do this with every group of new volunteers, so we end up going every sunday. All of the dancers know us by now, and always drag colleen and I up onto the dance floor.

Today we woke up and ate bagels that lincoln brought us from La Ceiba (one American food that we all miss ALOT). We dropped off our laundry and went to Buenos Aires for the first day of school. We were all very nervous about how the playground would turn out because the last time we saw it, it was kind of i shambles! Marco pulled through and got everything done on our structure and also put up some new swings. It was a great treat for the first day of school and the niños couldnt get enough. I am very proud of the outcome and think that TOm woill be as well. He has stressed to us how this is the first time in Hands to Honduras history that a group has been able to complete their own project with no oversight from the program. I am so proud that we completed this thing right!

I think we are all starting to feel like we live here now. Our room is so homey, and we always see people we know in town. It is really cool to feel so connected to this place after only three weeks. I don{t think people here are used to seeing the same group of Americans here for longer than ten days or so.

I{ll keep you all posted on the progress of San Martin, and any fun cultural hhappenings that go on!

xo
Z