The First of Many (?)

So the first blog, only about 8 weeks into my central american trip. Better late than never!
After 5 weeks in Spanish language school, which included almost dying on a volcano, puking in the streets, eating as much gucamole i could get my hands on, playing with kids all the time, having a host family who were amazing, and much much more, we took a 15 hour bus ride to our new home in Honduras.

Since then we have been trying to orientate ourselves with the area, the people, the work, and all that comes with it. It has been good, and soon we will not be know as the new gringos but rather just part of the community. I am looking forward to when I can walk down the street and know the people just like the people in the community.

We each have different jobs and my main focus will be with the sponsorship program. Since a lot of the kids here can´t get to school or don´t have supplies, or other various problems, I will be in charge of helping them with funds from the states. I am also responsable for checking up on them, looking at their report card, helping with social work and all that. If the kids get help through our Becas program they have to do community service so every saturday we will be going some where and helping in our neighborhood. Its really amazing to have them give back as well.

The other day was the first time the poverty really hit me hard. We took our trash to the dump and we were told that it is very dangerous so we aren´t even suppose to roll down our windows because of the insects. (A side note: we don´t flush toliet paper, we throw it out, the flushing can´t handle in, very common in central america) There was a little girl who took all the trash out of the back of our truck and starting ripping open every bag, trying to find anything that would be helpful to her. Here we were in our truck worried about the bugs, when this little girl has nothing and is in the dump looking for anything that could possible help her life. Words can´t really explain what the dump was like, but I understand poverty and it is something that is hard to explain without seeing it.

The spirits here are high and the people are amazing. Our neighborhood really likes our community and they are really just thoughtful caring people.


There is much much more to say but this blog for the first won´t have it all. I hope now that I have made it, i will write in it!!!

Keep us in your prayers, you all are in ours!