It has been a long time since I have done a real post. I thought today would be a good day to catch up.
Now, I have no idea when was the last time I wrote a blog entry, so forgive me if I repeat a little bit.
The trainees are in my town again. I went to see them in the training center north of Tegucigalpa for a few days and help out with some activities. Since coming here we have gone on several field trips. A lot of my time has been planning those trips and future trainings. Since I live here, I have the contacts to do that, and it is my job. At the very least I will be qualified to be a peace corps training specialist in my future, if nothing else pans out.
In the training center, we went to visit existing water systems, to show the components and explain all the names in Spanish. Let me remind you that some people come into the Water and Sanitation project with political science degrees or something like that, so we have to get down to basics. The next day was the practice abney level topo study. This was also the day of return of the ticks, apparently it is tick season again. I was really glad I had done several abney level surveys in my time here and that I had figured out how to problem solve in the field because there were several problems with the abneys.
Once they came to site, we did chlorination systems and went out to see two tanks with chlorination, and a new treatment plant they are building for three communities. Then we did a bad water system day and were able to give advice to the community on how to repair their water system.
We have done more, but my mind is a blank, I am very tired.
My good friend came down last week to go over GPS-GIS with the trainees. I went to the mountains that day and believe I have already written about it. We went with all the El P women to Danli to party it up for K´s birthday.
The next week I went to Olancho and got to see a pretty neat cave. The cave runs more than a mile into the mountain. It was very pretty and there were metal railings to protect the cave from foot traffic, and they did not detract from the caves like other places I have seen in Pennsylvania.
I am trying to teach the housekeeper´s granddaughter some basic things, like which shapes are which, how to draw them, along with colors and numbers. I have no idea how to teach this, I am just hoping repetition is the thing. I feel like Count Dracula on Sesame Street. Una, hay una crayola. Which is One, there is One crayon. Her grandmother is completely illiterate and cannot help her, and I don´t know where the daughter is.
Ultimate Frisbee with the kids is going really well. M and I started up an Ultimate Frisbee club a little over a month ago. The kids really like the game and it is so much easier to teach than baseball, plus a lot less equipment. They are learning strategy bit by bit, but they got the basic rules the first day. Only those who participate and let everyone play come back every week which is so much easier. There were a few who didn´t want to play with the girls and were really disrespectful, so having them gone makes the practices a lot easier.
That is about it, not too much else going on.
Jill
The stoves that we made! 
Me working with my counterparts- specifically resting after working for a whole 2 hours. 
I made them pose with me for this photo. I didn't have any photos with me working with them. 
Ultimate Frisbee, that is my little Carlita throwing the frisbee! 
BINGO!!! I didn't win anything that night. boo. 
I taught my host family, including the Japanese volunteer, how to play Yahtzee. Thanks Theresa for leaving the dice. 
Turn your head sideways. The much beloved pupusas. 
X and I at the 50th anniversary party for Peace Corps. 
M and Seca before I gave her away. 