It´s been a while...

and I want to say it has been for a reason but I really can´t. Yes, I have been with out internet but I also have been with internet as well. So... sorry for the lax of time...won´t promise that it won´t happen again... LoL!

Anyway, it´s been 3 months in site and things have been great, somewhat sower and back up again... and there´s been many times that this emotional roller coaster happens all in the same day! Fun times hunh?

Well overall, it is fun times. I have to say, in general I am severely blessed! I could not have imagined a better Peace Corps service...yes, I´m living the Peace Corps dream! I have an excellent host-family that helps me improve my Spanish and treats me as part of the family....which is the best thing to have right now, and especially great to have being that I will have to live with them for the entirety of my service. However, since they are so great, I don´t even mind that I "have" to live with a host-family for 2 years.

Work has been so-so... but I was reminded today that I´m working in 2 different cultures, and unfortunately, I can´t ignore my culture and completely adapt Guatemalan´s because it is who I am...  But hey, this is what I signed up for... I´m learning so much about myself. I am also learning so much about Guatemalan´s...they are really some awesome people. But, they have been through so much that me coming in as a foreigner wanting to help, doesn´t easily sink-in...and I get that, or at least every day, more and more that notion is sinking-in with me... I guess I just want everything to go perfectly, smoothly...but is that what life is about? Is that what I am here to learn...perhaps not!

I was reminded by a veteran PCV that the communication issues, the missing appointments, the canceling of meetings with out warning is all part of the deal... and its so interesting...the things that frustrate me are so minimal in the grand scheme of things...I´m getting it...slowly but surely.

Anyway, I have to be thankful, I have great PC friends that definitely make me smile, a lot! An awesome family that continues to feed me awesome vegetarian meals! An awesome town with awesome people... God is great... you know, you have to be thankful for the small and the big things, because things can always be or get ten times worst...

On top of all the other great things in my life...I´m especially thankful for the new piece of fruit my boss let me try today... called Lychee ... see pictures below!