Highlights since last time

Wednesday morning I arise and get dressed. I take my shirt off the hanger, put it on. Ow somethings poking me... Try to get it out, OW hurting worse! OW it stung my finger!! GET IT OFF GET IT OFF! AHHH HUGE SCORPION FELL OUT OF MY SHIRT!!! OH my gosh are scorpions poisonous in Honduras?? Quick, take picture before it gets away so doctors know what kind of anti venom to use. CAN´T die alone!! Crap, no minutes on my phone. Can´t confirm scorpions aren´t poisonous. Getting shakey, its the poison. Must find Honduran before I die so they can take me to the dr. THE SCORPIONS STILL ALIVE!! KILL IT WITH THE SHOE!! Take a picture of dead scorpion. Go to neighbors crying. PHEW scorpions aren´t poisonous here. Stop crying. Neighbor gets me some cream, calls the doctor, and tells me to get vinadril. (She writes it down for me so I can take it to the pharmacy, benadryl). Death avoided. Thanks sweet neighbor.

Yesterday: My civil liberties have been restored! I now have again my freedom of movement, I can´t get arrested and detained indefinitely for no reason, and I can now meet in groups of 20 or more without a permit! PARTY TIME!

I've got to see toucans every day this week! They make me so happy!!

I visited a village that´s been having trouble with their five year old water system. They´re only getting water one day a week!

I finished design number 2!


Before

After

On top of the tank!

TOUCAN!!

Honduran Politics

So Monday the Previous/Ousted President mysteriously appeared in the capital city and has taken refuge in the Brazilian Embassy. This caused a nationwide curfew for all day tuesday and yesterday night. Currently the curfew has been lifted as their are various marches and demonstrations in Tegucigalpa. However, everything is calm and safe in our sleepy little town.

We will keep you up to date if any thing extra ordinary happens

Beto

Life in the Campo

So Last week Kalin and I spent two nights and three days out in a village doing

a topostudy. The "aldea" consisted of 49 houses that had no potable water system.

Some house had rigged hoses from nearby creeks to provide water other houses

had no water at all. They also had no electricity. The first night

was the night of the Honduran-Mexico (que barbaridad) soccer game which we were able to

watch on a 9 inch black and white tv powered by a car battery. The pictures show

the house we stayed in, and some of the family- they were great and super

gracious providing us with delicious food - homemade tortilllas from corn

grown nearby that they grind up, beans grown nearby, coffee grown there, and

a homemade cheese. They treated us like Kings even making us their special

chicken soup. I got the chance to play soccer with them- they play everyday

for an hour and half. Kalin returned one more day and finished the entire study

in four days, she is currently working on the design.

Beto

70's Ropa Americana Party!

These are our costumes...

This is our super awesome site mate, Anna. She is a health volunteer, and she likes playing dutch blitz with us (aka NERTS!).

HUGE FURRY SPIDER OUTSIDE OF OUR ROOM!!

I think we named this one humming bird/crab falls.

More Celaque!