Two months from today I will be flying home to the US. Wow.
A few weeks ago, we had our Close Of Service conference in Valle de Angeles. It was the first time that the entire group of people who flew down together in 2008 got to be back together since our training months. It was really fun to see everyone, and talk about the last two years, and we got alot of information on job hunting in the US, resume writing and interviewing. Apparently, it will be inappropriate to us Spanglish when in an interview...guess I have to practice my English again. We also spent time talking about how to wrap-up everything in our communities. It's hard to imagine how you say goodbye to people who have been your family and friends for the last two years...and who we may never see again. This is going to be an interesting, and tough, transition!
As for my work right now, I'm really just trying to tie everything up. We finished our girls group, which has been really fun. I am also working really hard with our Yo Merezco team to finish up a working curriculum/manual for our pre-teen boys abstinence and health initiative. We are also just finding out the training schedule for the new peace corps trainees who are flying in this month. So, at some point, I will be able to meet them and help with a part of their training.
I forgot! I'm also now 26 years old. So, thanks for the birthday wishes everyone sent my way. I had a great day and ate lots of yummy food.
That's all for now, I'll see everyone soon :)
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
follow-up pictures
Two posts in one day!? Wow, I AM feeling ambitious.
I just wanted to supplement my last post with some pictures from my trips to Guatemala and home, enjoy!
The first 5 are from different places in Guatemala:
The next few are from my trip to the states:
Happy Holidays (belated)
I know, people are complaining that I never update my blog...despite all my best intentions of posting regularly, I have always manage to find something else to do while online. I apologize :)
So, here's an update:
The holidays have come and gone, I hope everyone had a wonderful time. I know I did.....
My Thanksgiving was spent with two other volunteers vacationing in Guatemala. We hiked an active volcano, jumped off some waterfalls, held tarantulas, went to Mayan ruins, and just generally had a great time. Guatemala is a beautiful place, and it was amazing to see how the culture varied so much from Honduras, even though they are such close neighbors.
Christmas was also wonderful. My friends in the US (who I really can't thank enough) gave me the best present ever: a plane ticket to come home. I got to spend a week back in the states hanging out with friends and family, I even got to build a snowlady! It was a great trip and I felt so lucky to have a chance to see everyone for the holidays.
New Years I was back in Honduras in an apartment style hotel complex with some of my friends. It was beautiful and sunny (quite the switch from the blizzards in Michigan), and we spent our time just laying around and swimming in the pool.
So there you have a brief rundown of my holidays.... the last few months have really been flying by, so I can only imagine how quickly April is going to arrive when I have to say goodbye to Honduras and move back to the states. There are really no words to describe how it feels to know that I am almost finished with my time here. In a matter of 3 months I will be saying goodbye to the place that has been my home for 2 years, and return to my life in the USA. It's exciting and terrifying all at the same time.
In the next months, I will be working on finishing up my ongoing projects. My favorite project right now is the girls group that another volunteer and I have in a local village. Twice a week, I head up the mountain and we do a class/session on a health topic. It's been alot of fun, and really exciting to see the girls open up and feel confident to ask us all kinds of questions that they might not be able to ask anyone else. Our plan is to finish with the group before February when school starts again, although the coffee harvest has started so attendence is already being affected as the girls have to help their families with the picking. It's been alot of fun working with them though, and I will be sad to see the group end. Hopefully, we will be able to keep up some sort of meeting time throughout the school year, even after I leave.
So there you have it. My last few months summarized in a few paragraphs. I really hope everyone enjoyed their holidays, thanks for all the messages and cards, it's always wonderful to hear from people at home.
Also, let's keep the people of Haiti in our thoughts and prayers. It's horrible to see the devastation of that earthquake in a place already so devastated by poverty.
Peace
So, here's an update:
The holidays have come and gone, I hope everyone had a wonderful time. I know I did.....
My Thanksgiving was spent with two other volunteers vacationing in Guatemala. We hiked an active volcano, jumped off some waterfalls, held tarantulas, went to Mayan ruins, and just generally had a great time. Guatemala is a beautiful place, and it was amazing to see how the culture varied so much from Honduras, even though they are such close neighbors.
Christmas was also wonderful. My friends in the US (who I really can't thank enough) gave me the best present ever: a plane ticket to come home. I got to spend a week back in the states hanging out with friends and family, I even got to build a snowlady! It was a great trip and I felt so lucky to have a chance to see everyone for the holidays.
New Years I was back in Honduras in an apartment style hotel complex with some of my friends. It was beautiful and sunny (quite the switch from the blizzards in Michigan), and we spent our time just laying around and swimming in the pool.
So there you have a brief rundown of my holidays.... the last few months have really been flying by, so I can only imagine how quickly April is going to arrive when I have to say goodbye to Honduras and move back to the states. There are really no words to describe how it feels to know that I am almost finished with my time here. In a matter of 3 months I will be saying goodbye to the place that has been my home for 2 years, and return to my life in the USA. It's exciting and terrifying all at the same time.
In the next months, I will be working on finishing up my ongoing projects. My favorite project right now is the girls group that another volunteer and I have in a local village. Twice a week, I head up the mountain and we do a class/session on a health topic. It's been alot of fun, and really exciting to see the girls open up and feel confident to ask us all kinds of questions that they might not be able to ask anyone else. Our plan is to finish with the group before February when school starts again, although the coffee harvest has started so attendence is already being affected as the girls have to help their families with the picking. It's been alot of fun working with them though, and I will be sad to see the group end. Hopefully, we will be able to keep up some sort of meeting time throughout the school year, even after I leave.
So there you have it. My last few months summarized in a few paragraphs. I really hope everyone enjoyed their holidays, thanks for all the messages and cards, it's always wonderful to hear from people at home.
Also, let's keep the people of Haiti in our thoughts and prayers. It's horrible to see the devastation of that earthquake in a place already so devastated by poverty.
Peace
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