One of the many mountains. Apparently the tale with this one is that from far away it the range looks like a woman. Yes, these are supposed to be here gigantic breasts, and the far right begins her tiny little face.
San Vicente, as seen from a hill near my house. ¿Que bonita, si?
This is where I´m living for training. 6 of us total are living there, and although it´s a little crammed sometimes, it´s really fun. The family is always bright and lively. It´s kind of funny, there´s no indoor plumbing, but we have a playstation that the kids are always on. A lot of El Salvador is like that. I´m learning that when you have the essentials, everything thing else just seems extravagant. There´s a lot of joy in this house, even if it might not seem that way from the front view.That dog is Mulan, after a couple of days of being bashful, he warmed to me. He´s pretty adorable, he always tries to get in the hammock with me. The other dog (not pictured), Muñeco, is a punk and I don´t like him at all. (Although I secretly want to win him over before I go).
This group is all of the other volunteers. We´re broken up into to 2 subgroups: Rural Health (me) and Municipal Development (Muni for short). This was right before we went on our separate ways for training. Everyone´s really nice... no drama yet. Hanging out with everyone has been quite a treat. But, I´m sure I´m eventually going to look at this picture thinking ¨Look how young and impressionable they are!¨
I´m pretty sure this is San Salvador, from the plane, but I´m not positive. The entire country is covered in mountains. Apparently, in the rainy season, everything is incredibly green... I´m looking forward to that.Since I last checked in, eveyhting´s been going well. We visited a current volunteer´s site yesterday... he was way out in the boonies, but seemed to be thouroughly enjoying it. It´ll be an adjustment, but I´m sure eventually I´ll learn to love it.
LAURA mi bonita host-hermana! te amo mucho:D
ReplyDeletehelloo Laura! sorry i havent sent you any e-mail or something, i had no idea how to contact you, and tonight at the dinner table sherry gave me a letter you sent to her...so now i know where to send you messages! I am so glad that you like being there!when i read your post i felt like i was the old me, 3 years ago, taking pictures of everything around the house, experiencing something new everyday! and i am so glad that you got the opportunity to actually live and help out the natives there. it is so awesome, and from the pics i can tell how beautiful it is there. reading your blog makes me think i am there, being welcomed by the people and finding out how joyful it can be when all you have is people around you talking, playing games, nothing extra...and again i'm so glad that this adventure of yours has happened and i get to hear about it. I know it will be quite a long time you'd be spending there, but make everyday full of memories you won't forget, and even if you miss us here, i hope you have fun everyday, living the life that not all the people can :) you are so lucky to be who you are, and i am so lucky to have met you and be able to see you living your life so..full of experiences! it really makes me want to challenge too, and im really happy for you. even at the airport i was just so happy for you, i didnt even cry(lol) i was just so excited that you'd get the experience you have now...anyway, i hope you have wonderful days there, and i will be looking forward to seeing more of your posts.
te amo mucho, y yo quiero que tu tengas una buena vida :)