The First Weekend Here

It has been a busy couple of days. On Friday we spent the morning at the university for more orientation. After, some girls and I went to the mall. There is a place there where we can use the internet and call the US for cheap. It’s only 1 lempira for 1 minute, which is like 5 cents a minute. The internet is 45 centavos which is like 2 cents a minute. After we went shopping and I bought some new sandals. When I returned to me house I had dinner. I then just went to my room because my family does not do much in the evenings, and because I do not have any homework yet I just watch tv. There are tons of channels here in English, with Spanish subtitles. I have been getting a lot of sleep because I go to bed so early.

On Saturday the group went to el centro, which I think is the downtown of Teguc. We walked a ton looking at the different building there. There are a lot of little vendors where you can buy things like shoes and purses for real cheap; I want to return in the future. When we returned a group of us went to the movie theater at the mall next to the university. We watched Se Busce, which I think is Wanted in the US. It was only 3 dollars to see. It was really entertaining because the movie was in English with Spanish subtitles. I guess all their movies are like that. I was a little worried because the girl who lives by me, who I usually walk home with left early. Luckily, there were two guys who live only like a mile from my house offered to walk me home. When I returned home mi papa showed me a store real close to the house where I could use the internet and telephone. And yet again I went to bed early.

Sunday I got up and went to church with mis padres. The drive was very interesting. At first I did not know where we were going, because we were seriously off roading. This little car was driving up and down dirt hills and through fields. Little did I know, that was the way to the church that was literally in the middle of nowhere. It was more or less one large room with a roof and open doors and windows. At the church I was able to meet the pastor. He introduced me to the organizer of the youth program. He wanted me to help with the youth program. I said I would love to. He told me he wants to learn better English too, which is fun for me. After church mi papa went with the rest of the group and their families to the zoo, which is very different than a zoo in the US. Afterwards we walked to a public park where there is a huge statue of Christ. This is all on the top of a small mountain. The bus ride up and down was interesting. The view was unbelievable. Mi papa asked me if I wanted him to take a picture of me with my camera. Once I showed him how to use my camera, every place we went he wanted to use my camera. I think he really liked it. It was a good time because mi papa and I were able to really talk. He kept asking if I liked the place. When we returned home, mi hermano, his wife and their son were here. I was able to give everyone their gifts, which they all really liked. It was very fun to talk with mi hermano because he was very interested in my life. I showed him pictures of my family and he thought my dad looked like my brother. He also thought that Randy and John were the same person, which I thought was interesting. Also, my family finally figured out how to say my name by looking at it spelled out.