Update!
A ton of stuff has happened lately and it's hard to think back in time...
So like a week ago a piece of my computer broke and my friend told me the same happened to him and he superglued it back on. So I was like ok no worries, went to the nearest pulperia and bought some Superpegamiento. I was trying to open it when I realized you have to pop a hole in the top. I used the cap to break the seal and it exploded and some superglue shot into my right eyeball. At first I was like, did that really just happen?? and then flushed my eyes out with water. Luckily my eyelids didn't get glued shut. it hurt pretty bad for like 2 days and then I woke up 3 days later and everything was back to normal. I got lucky cause I have no idea where to find an opthamologist in a third world country.
In other news, this past weekend we went to Nueva Suyapa, a rural community, to experience life in the countryside. It reminded me more of a home-stay like we did back in Guatemala. We all separated into groups of 2 and were placed with families in the church. Mi amigo Ben and I were in the same house. Nueve Suyapa is a city on a mountain, and so to get to our house we descended down the sketchiest road I've ever seen. It's probably more accurate to say we belayed down to our house. Our family was composed of a mom/dad, and 3 sons. The first ting we did was eat a phenomenal lunch. It may not look good to you but it pretty much changed my life.
The Zelaya family had the coolest tradition. Once you finish your meal, you say, "Ya ComÃ," which means I just ate, and then everyone at the table says "Gracias a Dios," or thanks be to God. So we did that for 6 people every meal. I asked where that tradition came from and they explained how life is incredibly hard financially where they live and that every meal is a gift from God. Pretty cool.Church on Saturday night was great. We sang some songs that I knew the english version to so it was easier to learn the spanish. The greatest part were the family presentations. Close to all the families presented some type of worship in from of the church. My family along with Ben and I sang a song that we practiced for like an hour during the day. Others sang songs and a few did dramas, all including their gringo sons/daughters for a weekend.
Saturday night we watched Blood Diamond and talked for like 5 hours with our parents. Our conversations varied from family traditions to world religions to poverty to the difference between Cristianos y Católicos. After our awesome convos we kicked it oldschool with some mario-kart on the nintendo 64. Ben dedicated his freshman year to the game so he just dominated us. Sleeping was literally impossible. The roosters cockadoodled like crazy every 2 hours and our bros fell asleep with their TV on super loud. It was funny how loud it was at 3 in the morning.
Today I had my first huge exam. Woah, so I just got a phone call from a friend saying it' not safe to leave Duncan Donuts because their are people waiting to steal our laptops. Our friend left Burger King 15 minutes ago and some guy jumped her and tried to steal her backpack. The 2 girls started screaming and people came out into the street, the robber got scared, jumped in a taxi and left. She was pretty shaken up but they are both safe now. The streets here are incredibly unsafe. 3 people from our group have been robbed and we've experience lots of other crazy stuff too. I've started walking with my money in my socks cause thats what my family told me to do. When we were in Nueva Suyapa my mom made me take off my watch when we walked in the streets. It's nuts. Don't worry though, we've got the system figured out.
My brothers for a weekend
The "nice" road that cars somehow drive on
Our outhouse
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