A lot of progress has been made since the last update! Many projects are in full swing and I really couldn’t be happier. My village and I have been busy with fundraising events, family health meetings, and English class. We celebrated Earth Day in the school with recycling campaign and activities promoting waste management. Every woman in my woman’s group [...]

I got an overwhelming response to my last blog about my cat. Well, she no longer looks anything like that. And her name is no longer Monkey. I don’t know why I would intent to name her that. Anyway her new name is Mishito, or Kitty in Spanish. I know, clever. But it’s a [...]

yes, its true i dont even like cats. and yes, its true, i threatened to move out of an appt if my flatmate got a cat. and yes, its true THIS kitten looks EXACTLY like the other TWO kittens i saved (took hostage?) in BOTh guatemala and argentina. but i love it. a lot. and here she is….Monkey!     adorable, a little [...]

so i am now doing the correspondence match program with ateacher in ny. basically very month or so we are writing to eachother so her students can find out about peace corps and el salvador. i{m lazy and never write blogs so ill just post what im subjecting her students to here. tada! Dear students, I’m very excited to be corresponding with [...]