Swearing-In

Each link is a different article about our swearing-in ceremony at the embassy a while back. There's pictures in just about all of them, and I think I'm in one of the pictures. If you don't speak Spanish, don't worry, they don't actually talk much about the Peace Corps Volunteers. We were in the two major newspapers and we actually made the second or third page . From what I heard we were on TV too!

http://www.maya-tv.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2792&Itemid=41

http://www.elpatriotahn.com/v/Cuerpo+de+Paz+en+Honduras/

http://www.laprensahn.com/ediciones/2007/09/30/juramentan_contingente_de_cuerpo_de_paz_de_eua

http://www.proceso.hn/2007/09/28/Metr%C3%B3poli/Embajador.de.EE/1258.html

http://www.elheraldo.hn/detalle.php?sec=12&fecha=2007-09-28

Making Aboñeras

This is the Youth Development group learning to make compost piles and plant all different types of things. If this looks like one person chopping grass with a machete while everyone else is watching or chatting, that´s because it is. Not only are we in Honduras where things happen at their own pace, but we also all are more or less government employees. What can you do?

Escuela Suyapa

These two are at the school that I was teaching at during training. Well, I don´t know if I would call it teaching because my Spanish was pretty flimsy back then. However, this day we were just playing around with the kids. One pic is of my friends kickin the soccer ball around with the kids, and the other is the classroom after the party and piñatas.

Rio Choluteca

The town of Cantaranas was really hot so I didn´t go on too many hikes, but here are some pics of the big one I went on. We climbed a big hill and followed the huge Rio Choluteca for a few miles. Both of these are from the top of the hill looking down on the river and surrounding countryside. Even though it was blazing hot we decided not to go swimming in the river. You never knew what was floating by at any particular time. I saw old shoes, lots of plastic bottles, and whatever else that is trash and can float. By this point, the river had gone through the capital and it was impossible to tell what type of skin condition you would come out with it you went for a swim. However, if you kept your distance, it was really quite beautiful!

Cantaranas Family

These two are my host sisters in Cantaranas. They are the only ones that can rival the puppies for cuteness. The baby`s name is Lilibeth, but that took me a long time to figure out because they don`t pronounce the “th.” She was hilarious. Not only could I get a smile out of her whenever, I also taught her to give me the hi 5. If you look closely she´s rockin the bull horns, quite the lady.

The next two pics are of Paola. In the first one she is bringing me a can of juice when I was sick. She was my best pal in Cantaranas. She would make sure we ate every meal together and would constantly be hanging out with me, even though we usually couldn´t understand each other. The second pic is on Day of the Kids. This is where all the kids in town get the day off and there are all kinds of activities during the day. With all the piñatas throughout the day, every kid went home with pockets full of candy. All lot of kids get new clothes on this day too. So I had to take a picture of Paola sportin her new threads in pink cowboy boots.

Hey, the last picture is me! I thought this was pretty funny face I was making. It just so happens that this is the first picture my host brother had ever taken. You can tell by my eyes and how close the flash was.