viernes, 4 de mayo de 2007

Swearing in Ceremony

So, we went to the United States Embassy to be sworn in as official peace corps volunteers. It was a very interesting experience. The whole ceremony was overseen by the director of peace corps Honduras and the American ambassador in Honduras. It was an outside ceremony, so half way through the ordeal, everyone was sweating and ready to go. Afterwards we went back to the Ambassadors house and went swimming for the rest of the day. It was super boring because the the whole day was dry!

Site Announcement

I was so disappointed that I did not get a site near the north coast, that on the day of site announcement I cried. I was even more devastated to learn that I would have to travel 10hours on a bus to get to a town that I didn't even want to go to. After the initial shock (and a 1/2 bottle of Flor de Cana rum), I relaxed and told myself that San Juan de Opoa was not a bad site. I would make the best of the situation and work my hardest at fulfilling the needs of the community. Now that I had myslef all excited and in super volunteer mode, I packed my 5 large bags and headed WEST!