On Saturday, Cristina and I took the bus 2 hours up to Siguatepeque, which is higher in a mountainous area. Her son and his wife speak fluent English, so it was really refreshing to be able to meet people and have a conversation of some depth. I learned more about my mama´s life, which helps me understand her better. The trip was interesting on so many levels...
One thing I thought about there was maids. Their family had two of them, and while I know that hiring maids creates jobs (which may be better than what is otherwise available) it just felt really awkward to sit there reading magazines while these ladies ironed and made us dinner. Not quite just a business relationship, but not with the full rights of family/friends either.
It was really cold up there, probably no higher than 50 degrees (I know you all in GR are crying crocodile tears for me). But we had three hours of church in an open-air building without enough clothes! I shared a room with my mama at night, and the next day she teased me about making noise in my sleep, ¨I thought you were dying of the cold!¨
We are halfway through our first development class, which has covered Honduran history and the current state of health, the economy, and education. It is really interesting.
Today, after a visit to an elementary school, we all went to Sarah´s house and her mama made us pupusas. These are like tortilla-ish round things infused with cheese and topped with shredded cabbage/carrot/onion. Muy delicioso.
p.s. actually, I don´t have a digital camera, so I won´t be uploading anything.
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i become more and more intrigued each post you make! i wish i was there with you! (except by now, my spanish is really really bad, and i would feel useless...)
you know, i have an extra digital camera... i should have given that to you so you could take pics for all of us to see now! (i suppose i could send it to you... what do you think?)
miss you muchly!
booo. i thought you borrowed one. it's ok, i understand. so, your mama has maids? you'll get used to it (about the maid thing). michigan weather has been a lil tricky. it's "warm" one day then so-windy-that-i-almost-blew-away the next.
how's the spanish coming along?
i miss you (of course)
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