Sorry that I haven't "spoken" in awhile. Some people have asked what a typical day is like for us. I thought I would give a glimpse...
After returning from Panajachel at 7:00PM last night, Krystal (our intern) and I waited for Johnny to get back from the capital. He arrived about 11:00PM, exhausted, so it was bed for all of us. This morning I was up at 7:00AM, fixed breakfast and put in a load of laundry. Johnny headed up the mountain looking like a Guatemalan with his
azadon (hoe),
machete, botas (rubber boots) and
mochila (backpack) carrying his lunch. He is working up on the mountain with a group of brothers from a village across the lake
. Then, I washed the breakfast dishes, got a shower, entertained a family that came by to visit and sold a
tarea of wood (about a cord, more or less). But since it was a truck load of women and a young boy, I also loaded the wood onto the pickup. And all of this is before 11:00AM! Now I need another shower, do some more laundry and sweep and clean the house before taking Krystal to her teaching duties at a nearby church this afternoon. While she is teaching, I will meet with a young lady that is working on her English for a couple of hours. Then home, fix supper and clean up before bed. Then it starts all over again tomorrow!
You come down and I will find work for you!
Here, she is working with a group of young ladies putting a puzzle together by matching English words with their Spanish counterparts. As I said, she is very creative! She was such a success that the school (and the kids) wanted her to come back next week. So next week she will teach elementary school kids (English again) in the mornings at a public school in Argueta, then afternoon classes with the San Andreas school. Oh, and on Wednesdays and Saturdays, she is working with kids at a nearby church. Such is the busy life of the intern!