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