adding on to drew´s update...

We do have our own place. It is very nice, but much more Honduran then our previous residences. For example, the water turns off every night. Every once and awhile, it just forgets to turn on at all. Annoying, and means bucket flushing at night and sometimes bucket showering. But, it reminds me that I am not just Peace Corps light, just because I´m in Honduras, a nickname people have used for some volunteers but I have yet to meet a volunteer that does not have their challenges, be it different kinds in different places.

It is christmas here, and it has quieted down. I have found Honduras just kinda shuts down for the month, which has given us time to settle in to the new place and obtain an adorable new puppy, I am going to add another photo here...

She has made me very happy, I am like a doting mother. And, I think Drew likes her alright too!

As far as work goes, I did a thanksgiving activity with my sober living girls at the end of last month, and made christmas sugar cookies with them this month. Next week, I am going to bring the girls little bags of candy, since like me they are spending the holiday away from their families and I´d like to give them something to cheer them up.

My community where I work with the Patronatos in Macuelizo is finally getting a water system. I am glad to be part of that process, and I am also helping them make a year plan for next year, to get some other smaller projects going as well. They are one of if not the poorest communities in my municipality.

We are spending Christmas eve with our work counterpart, and I am teaching him how to make a turkey, as I am now an expert after Thanksgiving :) It should be fun, though I must admit I miss home right now. On Christmas, we will have a fellow volunteer here, and I have our stockings and am going to make it as festive as possible. The following week, we are taking our first vacation, to the one big lake in Honduras to celebrate the New Year with fellow friends and volunteers. So, it should be a nice holiday season. Drew and I promise to post more after the Holidays, with some more pics and more info!!