I have successfully and safely arrived in Tegucigalpa! Thanks to my parents being willing to get up early Monday morning (3:30am for a 5:30am flight!), we got to the airport on time and I arrived in Tegucigalpa around noon. This first week has been great- I spent the first few days at my house just getting settled in and yesterday I started going to work to learn some of my responsibilities. I’ve been introduced to a lot of people over the past few days which has been great, but it’s difficult to remember everyone!
My Honduran family is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! I heard great things about them before I came to Nueva Suyapa (the community where I live in Tegucigalpa), but I honestly can’t put into words how great they are. They are friendly, kind, gracious, giving, and just full of love; hosted many North American volunteers over the past 10 years or so- they really have enjoyed hosting volunteers and they are welcoming me with open arms! The parents are Arturo and Yoli (full name: Yolanda), one son is Alejandro (about 16 years old), their daughter is Susana (20 years old), and their other son Jonathan (a few years older than Susana) is married to Karen (they live in a different house). Grace, a Peruvian-North American volunteer, also lives with us- she works with The Association for a More Just Society (AJS) which is also seems to be a great organization and I’m eager to learn more about it.
I don’t even know where to start…there is so much to tell about life here in Honduras! Hmm, let’s see- there is no running water in my house and most of Nueva Suyapa; it comes out of the tap about once a week and my family fills all of the containers we have (I’m told we never run out of water). I take bucket showers, but they’re not bad at all because we heat water on the stove. We have a toilet, but since there’s no running water, to flush the toilet you have to pour a small bucket of water in the toilet for it to flush. I have also been to some places where the toilets do flush- including the office building (I've included a picture of this building- my office is on the 2nd floor- my window is the closest to the gate and left of the word "Genesis") and the coffee shop where I’m currently using internet. We eat a lot of rice and beans in different forms, but it’s all delicious- Yoli and Susana are great cooks! I volunteered to help wash the dishes and when Susana found out that I love to wash dishes and that it’s my favorite domestic chore, Susana told her mom that God has been good and blessed them with me because I love to wash dishes!
I’ve only been here a few days, but it has already been a rollercoaster of emotions…mostly, I’ve loved it. But then there have also been times that I get so frustrated because I wish my Spanish was better and I can’t communicate all that I want to. Sometimes I do really well conversion with people and other times I wonder if people are speaking a different language because I can hardly recognize anything! My Honduran family is helping me learn lots of new words and phrases in Spanish (I already have a few pages of notes with new info and it’s only been a few days!), so that has been helpful.
Wow, this is getting long. I’ll be sure to update more later!
My Honduran family is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! I heard great things about them before I came to Nueva Suyapa (the community where I live in Tegucigalpa), but I honestly can’t put into words how great they are. They are friendly, kind, gracious, giving, and just full of love; hosted many North American volunteers over the past 10 years or so- they really have enjoyed hosting volunteers and they are welcoming me with open arms! The parents are Arturo and Yoli (full name: Yolanda), one son is Alejandro (about 16 years old), their daughter is Susana (20 years old), and their other son Jonathan (a few years older than Susana) is married to Karen (they live in a different house). Grace, a Peruvian-North American volunteer, also lives with us- she works with The Association for a More Just Society (AJS) which is also seems to be a great organization and I’m eager to learn more about it.
I don’t even know where to start…there is so much to tell about life here in Honduras! Hmm, let’s see- there is no running water in my house and most of Nueva Suyapa; it comes out of the tap about once a week and my family fills all of the containers we have (I’m told we never run out of water). I take bucket showers, but they’re not bad at all because we heat water on the stove. We have a toilet, but since there’s no running water, to flush the toilet you have to pour a small bucket of water in the toilet for it to flush. I have also been to some places where the toilets do flush- including the office building (I've included a picture of this building- my office is on the 2nd floor- my window is the closest to the gate and left of the word "Genesis") and the coffee shop where I’m currently using internet. We eat a lot of rice and beans in different forms, but it’s all delicious- Yoli and Susana are great cooks! I volunteered to help wash the dishes and when Susana found out that I love to wash dishes and that it’s my favorite domestic chore, Susana told her mom that God has been good and blessed them with me because I love to wash dishes!
I’ve only been here a few days, but it has already been a rollercoaster of emotions…mostly, I’ve loved it. But then there have also been times that I get so frustrated because I wish my Spanish was better and I can’t communicate all that I want to. Sometimes I do really well conversion with people and other times I wonder if people are speaking a different language because I can hardly recognize anything! My Honduran family is helping me learn lots of new words and phrases in Spanish (I already have a few pages of notes with new info and it’s only been a few days!), so that has been helpful.
Wow, this is getting long. I’ll be sure to update more later!
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