Every day at 8:30, we have Spanish class for 2 hours. We are in three different classes, according to our Spanish speaking skills. I'm with three other girls, the teacher is super nice! We then have a 1/2 hour break when many of us get some oranges or bananas or snacks from the cafeteria. At 11:00, we have our development class with all the Calvin students. Kurt and JoAnn take turns teaching. This week we have gone on a visit every day for this class. Monday we went to the Honduran Congress to talk to a congresswoman. Tuesday we went to Flor del Campo (a poorer neighborhood) and learned about Genesis, a Honduran organization that helps with legal issues and counseling and such, and also visited a public library that was really nice! Wednesday we went to a public hospital and today we went to the US Embassy and heard of the work the US is doing in Honduras.
After development class at 1:00, we eat lunch at the cafeteria or get food from a grocery store. Most of us students go to the library for homework or internet or just sit around school somewhere til 5 or 6ish. Then we go home. I have a mom and dad, who are both like 60, and a sister who is 34, married and lives right behind my house. They have a daughter, Genesis, who is 3, and is usually with the grandparents. My parents lives aren't as exciting as some other students, so I usually sit and watch TV with them and do homework and talk, which usually takes a while because of the miscommunication which happens frequently! Sometimes at night the students will go out to eat or do other stuff together, but else I don't do much at home with my family, which is fine.
Tomorrow we start our new classes for development (I dont remember what they're called) and we now only have Spanish class for one hour on Tues and Thurs. I have a Spanish companero, Geser, who I practice Spanish/English with twice a week, we mostly just talk. Every Wednesday we all go up to Nueva Suyapa, another poor neighborhood, where Kurt and JoAnn live. We all have Spanish friends there too. We just talk with them to learn Spanish or play futbolito or other random games. Then just the Calvin students have a book discussion on Freedom of Simplicity by Richard Foster (a good book for everybody to read!). And then we have supper together. Wednesdays are lots of fun!
Tomorrow, a couple other kids and I are going to Tela, a city in the north on the beach!!!! We're leaving right after class and riding the bus for a couple hours and then spending the weekend in Tela on the beach!!!!!
I haven't taken any new pics on my camera this week, so these are ones from before. I can't figure out how to turn the picture, but this is just another picture of the beach (at amapala) to show you all where I'll be this weekend!!!
some cool trees
the street to my neighborhood
the market in the centro
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