Sorry its been so long since anything has been posted--at some point I wil put a picture or two on here as well.
So far, so good! I have been at my site for a week and a half now and I truly love it here. I am in a small rural community and my family works in agriculture. I wake up every morning to roosters! I help milk cows...even have witnessed a cow insemination. No kiddin!
It is beautiful here and while there is a lot of poverty and things are much different than home, I feel quite at home and quite at peace. I am working on my spanish, slowly, and feel good about that, too! I have definetly learned a lot.
Right now I am living in the mountains, but my 2 year site might be in the jungle...we might have to canoe to get to most places! Wow! Totally different...that is a great way to sum things up. However, the people here and much like people anywhere....trying to make a living and enjoy life. I´ve noticed that many little things are the same. For example, the way my host dad drinks his tea...its just like how my dad drinks his coffee. Same mannerisms
I hope everyone is doing great and of course there will always be more to come later. So far, the most ¨helpful¨thing I´ve done has been a health charla--a health presentation with my other trainees in my community. I talked about the birth control pill (in spanish!) and other people talked about IUDs, condoms, etc. I felt really good that I could do it all in spanish and answer questions. Only 4 people were there but hey, its something!
Love to all, and peace!
Kelly
Glad you are happy
Love
Nana