Primera Dia de Escuela

Hola! Today it is Monday, June 22, 2009.

Honduras is incredibly warm!! I mean that in many ways. Warm (hazy , hot & humid) in temperature for June, but more importantly warm in kindness of people. They are so very hospitable. We feel so blessed to be with our host family. (We will take their picture soon and post it.) This morning Katrina woke up sick. She has the all too familiar stomach problems. She didn’t eat breakfast but did join us for the
first session at the school. (Illness is very common with the different types of food, but soon the stomach will adjust.)

We went to the school around 8 a.m. and met our individual teachers, and then the teachers took us for a walk as a group. We went all over town, seeing many fruit trees (like mango, guava, papaya, mazapan, etc.). We also went to a park owned by the Standard Fruit Co., walked near the mercado (market), looked inside the Catholic church on the square and just took in the interesting sites of the city. The younger girls were beginning to wilt, so we headed back after about 1½ hrs. and had a two hour session with our teacher. I have to say that I’m impressed that Rosetta Stone prepared me as well as it did. I’m not great on conversation yet, but I did well (at least I think I did) in my first lesson on singular/plural words, etc.

Even though our stomachs may have done a few flips, the food is amazing!!! We love everything our host mother is making us. Lots of rice, beans, delicious-spiced meats, and tortillas. I tried to make my own tortilla last night and it was pretty tiny and it was a lot harder to make than Gloria made it look.

The host of the school gave us many ideas of things to do on the weekends and even a pool we can go swimming at for free. We are having a great time and the trip is a muy grande bendicion!!

~Rochelle