Sunday, March 11, 2012

BOTTLES BOTTLES BOTTLES and more, always more

did i already write about the awesome nica family we met a few weeks ago when we were doing our bank run? well , they stayed at the same hotel and bought me a birthday cake and treated us to a really nice night and made us feel part of the family,,,, a group of people we met that day and shared the evening with, you really have to love Nica Hospitality.

Things have been crazy busy wonderful lately,,,,Craig, our friend from Alaska and his friend April randomly came to visit over my birthday weekend, they are riding bicycles through central america. So that was great! We hadnt seen him in about 3 years!

I received dozen or so cards from family and friends! You guys are amazing!

Our small grant proposal was approved!!!! YES! I rode about 20 hours on a bus to have a one hour meeting to obtain funding to build the classroom out of bottles! A huge thank you to my Nica counterpart, the principal of the school, who made the big trip with me! We got to see Matts old host family and spend the night with them in Catarina the night before the big meeting. So that was a huge plus!

Our boss , one of them, came to see us last week, and we had a great visit. It was neat to see him in Quilali.

AND the first recycling contest ended, and I couldnt be more proud of our community, the kids made about 1500 bottles full of inorganic trash, or eco-bricks, to help build the classroom in a different community! We are half way there!

School is FLYING by, as is time.

oh oh oh! AND OUR WATER CAME BACK ON! After 2 months w no water ever arriving to our house, it is back! Does life get any better=?

Now, to do a second round of contests and get started with some construction in about a month!

LOVE TO EVERYONE! Must ride out Peace Corps High!!!!