Just getting off a 3 day weekend where we were supposed to do a cultural investigation about our cantone and its culture regarding the festivals and how they are celebrated, natural disasters that have affected the town and the towns origin. On Saturday all the trainees got together and made the trek to Apostopeque to visit the laguna and center of tourism. It was a much needed vacation with my fellow Americans. We spoke Spanish only when needed while fulfilling our quota for English that week. All us gringos bared all and showed our pearly white skin off to the locals in attendance. I think I speak for everyone when I say we got some sun that day. We made the most of what the small 'center of tourism' had to offer. Jumping off the dock, playing on the giant floating concrete block and being serenaded by the wandering mariachi band. We were in paradise.
great scenary at the lagoon...
The rest of the weekend I spent reading in my hammock, studying a little Spanish, playing lots of basketball, and chatting it up with Yolanda. I really feel comfortable talking Spanish with her and am not afraid to mess up. She understands what I am getting at. Her hobby is making earrings and bracelets out of beads and other knick-knacks. She goes twice a week to the market to sell them. Yesterday she pulled out a Hemp braiding booklet that was all in English. A former trainee she housed left it behind for her, but she can't understand it so I told her that if she finds some hemp or some string I will teach her out of the book how to fashion her own braided jewelry that she can then go sell with her earrings. She seems pretty excited about the though and I cant wait to start teaching her. The tough part is going to be finding rolls of hemp line. Sooooo if your in the states wondering what you can do for me, I would love it if you found a couple rolls of hemp (natural color and red, green, black, blue if you can find them) and send them to me at the Peace Corps office. That would be AWESOME! And Yolanda would be super pumped.
The address is:
Oficina de Cuerpo de Paz
PCT: Cory Lyle
Avenida Las Dalias, No. 3
Condominio Petaluma
Send it through the US Postal Service and try to fit it in a padded envelope. It will have a better chance of making it down here in a reasonable time in one piece. If needed, unravel the roll of hemp line and stuff it in the envelope. Also, cool beads would be much appreciated as well. Thanks so much to anyone who considers this. You can also use that address to send letters and what not until I get my permanent address at site.
Thanks again for reading and keeping up with Jesus himself. I appreciate the comments so much and have been slowly calling people with my new cell phone I got. If you get a call from a sketchy number answer it, cause it might be me, or someone who stole me phone.
Paz
Jesus Austin Lyle
"jumping off the dock" - A Cory signature move.
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