Shopping list

So i had to fill out a survey of what i spend my money on, and i thought it was interesting so ill share a version with you all


100 pounds of corn 500 lempiras 25 dollars, for eating tortillas and food for the horse, they are only 300 during corn season, what a bargain!!!!!

radio 300 lempiras 15 dollars to LISTEN to the world cup in spanish while im in the mountains
ice creams 300 lempiras 15 dollars, i think i get at least one sometimes 3 everytime i go to catacamas

Rubber boots 120 lempiras 6 dollars, i walked my last pair to the ground, they had no tread and a few wholes, i spent a whole month looking for white ones to be stylish but had no such luck

Haircut 100 lempiras 5 dollars, i got five stars shaved in my head for the world cup, wasnt worth the money nor the head ache i had for the next two days

30 pounds of sugar, who knows the price i am just told to buy them every time i go to catacamas


Those are some of the more exciting buys everything else is pretty standard like bug repellent, candles, and pancake mix

A ¨tipical¨ Sunday

So i woke up lat this sunday 6am. Immediatley i tried to contact my friends up the mountain to see if we were going to construct the roof if the school today because yesterday it rained too much. To my dismay we were only going to work on tuesday, si dios queire, if god wants it to be but thats how life works out here. So i proceeded to do some morning errands like giving my horse a hair cut. Normally i go to peluqueria rodriguez, one of my friends, but i decided i have to learn. After cutting almost the whole mane off i decided it was enough. I then learned how to lassou. Luckily there was an abundance of little kids to practice on. So for hours i was wrangling up kids. Then the soccer games came on, so i turned on the radio and listend to the goooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllls, unfortunately i have been listening to all the games instead of watching them on tv. I then helped my friend construct a room, which included hauling sand, mixing cement, nailing wood, breaking giant rocks and filling the mold we created. After that i continued to work on the wood table i am constructing. After a delicious lunch of beans rice and tortillas, i decided to take a nap. An hour later came arts and crafts time, making bracelets out of chip bags, a skill i taught myself and am trying to teach teachers and students to apply instead of throwing chip bags on the side of the trail. Later that night I studied with the family different animals, trying to mesmorize the scientific names, which i always confuse. By 7:30 was tucked up tight in bed. This is mas o menos, more or less, a typical Sunday. Its like being on summer camp!!

As for everything else, life is good. Work has been going well, ive been really busy! ive been working a lot in the schools, planting gardens and teaching mostly about environmental issues. I also have been conducting a survey of every house in the protected area, which entails walking 2 hours just to find a single house, but its been fun meeting a ton of people and getting to know all the small towns. We also are working hard on constructing a school and the roof is almost up!!!!
My family also came to visit not too long ago, which was amazing. We lived the large life, going out to the most expensive restuarant in Catacamas for a $6 meal. It was great seeing them!!!


Thanks for reading and ill try and update this a little more frequently

I´m a Cowboy, well sort of

So living in the wild wild east of Honduras I have become somewhat of a cowboy. I walk around with a cowboy hat, flannel shirts, machete, and rubber boots almost everyday. Unfortunately i just shaved the mustache i had been sporting for the past 6 months, it was pretty bad. I have on ocassion been confused for a local, although it was from a distance. I also bought a horse, he cost about $75 but all the thousands of ticks and fleas came for free, what a deal! Hes a great horse, he only runs away every other day and is a little slow, but hes my baby. My spanish is also improving, well kinda, i have learned country spanish perfecting the high pitch yelps and grunts and mastering the country sign language. Yet, as things change they somehow remain eerily the same. I am working in a commuinity called los angeles. It is a 2 to 3 hour commute depending on traffic and road condition ( the amoiunt of people I run into on the path and talk to and how muddy the path is). I am currently working on a letrine project as well as constructing a school out of compacted dirt. It has been challenging but I am still loving it and having a great time. I have learned a lot and am becoming more and more honduran each day, I only hope that I can teach the people here as much as they have taught me. They are some of the nicest people I have ever met and I really want these projects to be successful because I care for these people and in the short time I have been here I have made great friendships. But, dont worry I miss and think about all you back home all the time.