A little bit of catch-up

I really wanted to do an update this weekend, because we are just non stop, but I had to cancel my usual ciber-sunday, due to digestive problems. This is Honduras, and I have been lucky to have not had problems earlier. So far I am just happy to not have had any major problems, but these too will come. The bad news is I am unprepared today. Usually I prep everything before I come, especially the pictures I plan to use, and today I have nothing but boring stories, so i will be brief in hopes that pictures will bring some of these stories to life.

Off the top of my head, Last week was interesting for alot of reasons, most specifically, field trips. We went with our Spanish classes to a Tabacalera, or a cigar factory, and to the house of a woman who makes coffee wine. Both were unique experiences, and a whole lot of fun. I have a ton of pictures of the cigar factory, because I have never seen anything like it before. There were mountains of tobacco, and hundreds of people hand rolling cigars. The coffee wine was unique as well, though was well described as "like kahlua, only not as sweet and creamy" The reviews were mixed, but Alice and I decide it was ok, but improved with some cream.

We also did a trip to see some productive projects, mostly agriculture based, which was good information. I hope to work with a project similar to one of the ones we saw, since basically they are government funded ag projects, that are supposed to earn money after the initial investment and that money is usually appropriated to help schools of libraries update materials. I like it because it sustains itself, and the benefits are long term. It may or may not work out, but I liked it.

Thursday and friday were the last days of self directed projects, and I can honestly say I will miss my training site. It was awesome. Thursday we went back and finished a very stresful analysis of a community based orginization, but I loved the project, since it was so challenging. I hadn't expected something so simple to be so hard, so the first day I didn't do so well speaking or even thinking, but this time I was ready, and got alot better results. Friday was another one of my famous lessons. This time we were talking about leadership, communication, and team-building. All worthy things to talk about, but it was mostly hilarious, fun, intereactive activities. We did get our point across too, which is nice. The best part was I really seemed to communicate well during the last couple activities. My Spanish went from survivable to workable. That is a good feeling.

I will expand on all of this with photos, I just didn't want to send the message I was forgetting about the blog.