First week

I am finally finished with my first full week here in El Sauce. Things are going well so far. I am still adjusting to the unpredictable and laid-back nature here, but it is coming along well. I am working with the dentist in the mornings in the "centro de salud". Today he told me that one day next week we will be going to the Rio Grande community health post. I am looking forward to seeing what these posts are like in comparison to the clinic in town. I am also working at Ruben Dario, an elementary school doing an arts and sports program with Corey. The students are very enthusiastic and mostly cooperative with what we have planned for the day. They really seem to enjoy playing outside on the basketball courts. They frequently don't have school, but I am excited to go back and work with the students some more.

This past weekend, all of us students went to Ocotal, a small community at the top of the mountains. This was a very new and exciting experience. There was no electricity and all of our host families were very isolated from one another. We got to ride on horseback to coffee farms and homes to make tortillas on Saturday. My favorite was the coffee farms, as I never knew how coffee was made, even though I do enjoy a daily cup of coffee. The people that live in this community seem completely self-sufficient which is something that is not often seen in this century. I was glad I was able to share a weekend in their shoes. I would love to go again sometime when the ecotourism project is fully completed.

We are currently in our second week here and I am looking forward to our trip this weekend to Granada. We will see how it goes! Hasta luego!