Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Training is almost over...


So training is almost over and my 2 years of service will officially begin July 19th. The last 2 and a half months have been challenging. But I have prevailed, 25lbs lighter I might add...can you tell in the pictures? My home for the next 2 years is called Cubulco...shortened by the locals to Cuba. It is located in the department called Baja Verapaz about 5 hours away from the capital. So anyone planing to visit better stock up on Dramamine...it's a rough road trip, but very scenic. The town is small, about 8,000 people. I do have a site mate living in my town and 2 other volunteers living about 25 minutes away...so I won't be entirely on my own. The NGO we are working with is called CARITAS and is funded by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in the US. I had an opportunity to meet many of the "host-country nationals" (Peace Corps jargon for Guatemalans) that I will be working with and they are all extremely friendly. I'm excited to get to my sight and settle in, I know it will be tough at first but like any move it will just take time to adjust. I've been feeling much better in terms of health lately which is a blessing. Here are some more pictures of Guate and the work we're finishing up in our towns! Thanks for checking in...I'll write more soon, a huge line of Peace Corps Volunteers have formed around the my computer and I have to get off now.