Life slowly returning to normal...

Well the fair is now over and what a fair it was - 22 days later and a little low on sleep, life is returning to normal. I am trying to get some projects going that were delayed during November – I am realizing that not much work gets accomplished during this time of year. But it was a fun month and was really most helpful with becoming more acclimated to Honduras and especially to La Paz. I spent a lot of time with new Honduran friends, with the mayor and his family who are quickly becoming my home away from home, and I noticed a drastic improvement in my Spanish. So not all was lost in November if this is what I accomplished.

I will be starting the redesign of Parque Francisco Morazan this week and will be traveling to my friend Erin’s site in El Nispero to help her on another project. I am still working on the market and basketball court in Camasca and will hopefully finish the drawings here in the next few weeks. In the New Year I hope to begin a community campaign “La Paz – La Ciudad Limpia” talking with students about the importance of keeping their city clean for their own health and others, initiating a recycling program with a recycling contest between the elementary schools, and painting art trash cans to install around town. Am hoping to get a grant through the Peace Corps to execute this project. La Paz may even be getting a proper trash truck by a generous donation.

Will keep you all up to date as life continues here in Central America…right now I am looking forward to what will be a very different Christmas season here in Honduras – wondering what that will be like – and looking forward to a beach vacation on the north coast for New Year’s with my friend Sarah who will be visiting from New York City!!!