This next picture is of my counterpart, Danilo. It´s only his profile, but I wanted to catch him at what he does best. He was chatting with a farmer down the hill (the farmer was planting beans) about planting fruit trees. Danilo´s job right now is reforestation, and he spends his days traveling to other communities setting up tree nurseries. He loves it--he loves to walk and he loves to shoot the breeze with everyone he meets. He looks unnassumming, but he is the way that politicians should be.
As you have probably heard, it has rained an exceptional amount in Honduras over the past two weeks. There have been landslides and people have had their houses washed away. Luckily, we haven´t had any calamities in my site. But the road to get out of my town is being washed away. As you can see in this photo, half of it has washed away. A small truck can still pass. Hopefully they fix it soon, but that is not too probable.
Here we have some of the beautiful girls in my town that shout to me as I pass their houses. ¨Jennifer,¨ they call. They are pictured in front of the house of the teachers, where I live right now. In the background is also the football feild.
This is Oneyda, my counterpart´s wife, and her daughters Daniela (sitting) and Tanya. I spend a lot of time with them.
This is me with one of my possible future cats. I decided that in my new house I want to have a cat (sorry, Ben) to eat the cockroaches and mice. I found some kittens in some nearby houses and had a great time petting them one afternoon. The Hondurans around thought I was pretty weird (cats are for kicking) but I made the kids only touch the kitten nicely. As you can see I am wearing a sweater. It has been pretty cold.
I spend my last few hours of the day at my desk by candlelight, so I thought I´d take a photo so you can see how it is. I spend time writing letters, writing work notes, and reading. There is only so long I can operate by candlelight, though, so I always end up going to be early, around eight thirty.
This is Profe Panchita, the dueña of the house I currently live in. She is a teacher at the school (second and fourth grade, I think). She is sewing out on her patio (it´s an open space connected to the house with a roof). She is serious and doesn´t talk much, but she takes care of me. I´m sorry I have no photos of her daughters Ana and Ada. Next time.
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