thought it be about time to sit down and actually write an update ... can't believe three weeks have passed already ! tomorrow i'm heading to the black sand beaches of monterico and on sunday i head out to xela ... i guess i'm ready ... i've really enjoyed the family i've been living with here in antigua and have had a great roommate for the past two weeks from the states --- she even calls babies nuggets too so she has to be a grand person ! i'm trying to think of what the last couple of weeks have entailed other than school, eating and sleeping .... let's see there was that awesome trip out to semuc champey (the pics are linked to the previous blog post) where i met some really fun gals and a couple guatemaltecos ... toto was our guide for the day and picked up the bar tab by night ! one of the girls i met last weekend works for an NGO here near antigua and shared with me about a center they have here for children suffering from severe malnourishment ... i was able to check it out on monday with her and return wednesday to evaluate some of the kiddos and today my teacher and i went back out and i was given the opportunity to do a little inservice for some of the volunteers (many thanks to monica who sent down a bunch of info in english and spanish) ... if you're my facebook friend you can see a link of some pics andrea took on my profile ... it was truly a blessing to be able to spend time at casa jackson ... and yes i will be working with matt on getting together a suitcase of some things for the center ( now is when you start asking your friends for preemie and 0-3 month clothes, used are perfectly fine, a lot of the donations they get are larger sizes but these kids are so tiny --- seriously look in the pics, the kid standing in the corner is 14 months old and he barely stands up to the height of my knee and i'm not sure by how much he clears 10 pounds ... another item on their wish list is mobiles for the cribs ... more to come ) ... today was my last day of school in antigua ... my teacher was great and it's hard to complain about studying outside everyday in the sun with a view of volcanoes ... i'm pretty sure i know more than when i started but she's also been working with me on the past tense and improving my sentence structure with the use of prepositions and all those other grammar things that i don't know if i even know what they really are in english ( and yes i'm aware a couple of my english teachers read this blog --- but let's be honest, it never really was my best subject :-) ) ... on another note i'm glad i can divide by 8 pretty well ... makes the quetzale to dollar conversion pretty easy ( thanks mom) ...
okay my 8 quetzale (work with me here - 1 dollar) cuba libre is almost gone and they are starting to pump black eyed peas through the bar ... i would include a pic of the awesome view i have right now from this rooftop of the sun setting and agua (volcano) but that might not be nice :-)
strive
No comments:
Post a Comment