February update from Alice

I haven't written since I went to Olancho, so I figured it was time for a small update. First, Lizzie our puppy is getting big, and turning into a great dog! She's figured out the whole going outside to pee thing, and knows how to sit! Her favorite activity is laying and napping in our laps. Here's a picture update...

Workwise things have also been going well. I continue to work with Patronatos, which is like a neighborhood assocation with real ability in the municipality. We have decided that a great need in the community is literacy for adults, so I am going to teach a basic adult literacy class with a volunteer from the community starting this month. I am very excited, this is exactly the type of activity I feel good about doing as a Peace Corps volunteer, especially since there is a desire for it in this community.

I am also going to help them start Educatodos, another education program for youth and adults that want to complete their education but cannot do it in the normal school schedule. It is a program that has worked well throughout Honduras and is made up of volunteers who teach the classes in the communities. Peace Corps volunteers often help teach, which is something Drew and I are interested in doing.

I have also started working with a basic sanitation volunteer group that was started by the previous volunteer. I am doing trainings with them, community and latrine visits, and we hope to do mini-classes on health and sanitation in elementary schools. They are fun to work with and gets me out and about in the community.

In our free time, Drew and I have been playing lots of card games and dice games. It is fun to actually socialize and not be so dependant on TV (which we don't have). I have taken up painting again, which is nice. Drew and I are going to have a visitor in March and then in April, so we are excited about that, having people from home!! It is going to be awesome, and we will get to take them to some of the sites that we haven't been to yet.

We have started putting up postcards sent from home, feel free to send us one to add to our collection! It is fun to have them around and they remind us of friends and family. Also, feel free to leave comments after reading our updates, we love hearing from other people and it is nice to know that people read and enjoy the blog! :-)