My New Home

Soo...I finally found out where I will be living for the next 2 years....its a very small community about 4 miles south of the city of Somoto in the region of Madriz. Its about 2 hours from the coast maybe and 25 minutes from the border from Honduras. I just got back from a 5 day visit there. Its definately more rustic than where I´ve been living, I´ve been too spoiled. I do have my own little one room house, which is cute, but it has a dirt floor and its not really sealed so any spider, scorpion, etc. who wants to enter, may.



Also I have to be careful about leaving my door open cause chickens like to come snoop in my stuff and poop on my floor...that definately has to stop. The people wash clothes in the little creek that is near my house- as will I, I guess. There is a makeshift shower area outside the house and you have to dip water out of a metal barrel with a plastic bowl, but it has a fantastic view.


The people there are like, over-the-top, friendly which makes up for what it might lack in amenaties. They took me around to meet people in the community and showed me their fields. Also, some community members took me around Somoto to show me where all the necesities are- bank, post office, supermarket, etc. They seem pretty excited to have me there and have good ideas of what they want me to do, so that makes me feel a little better about all this. So now I´m back in my training town for another week and then we say good-bye and go to Managua for swearing-in, a conference, and a Thanksgiving party before going to my site for good.