My new home!

Hey everyone. I have gotten my placement for the next 3 months. I will be living around the Masaya area in a pueblo. I have 2 sisters and 2 brothers. One of the girls is the cutest little girls that I have ever seen! Seriously, ever! The food is good. Alot of beans and rice, and more rice dishes. And chicken. And really good juice. My mom and dad are really nice but they speak soooo fast. I feel really dumb. I don´t understand what people are saying to me...they don´t understand what I say. It´s really hard. But, I am lucky enough to have 2 other girls in the same town that I am in. They both live about 5 minutes away, walking. We have our spanish classes in each of our respective homes.

My room in my house is really nice. I have a mosquito net, a dresser, a bed with 2 pillows, a cute window, a lock on my door that doesn´t work right now. The bathroom is right next door with a flush toliet. Yeah! Jeff is right down the road in another pueblo. I haven´t spoken to him since I was dropped off at my new house 2 days ago. I´ve actually been a lot more sad that I thought I would be about it. It´s really hard hanging out with people who don´t speak your language all day long. I am really tired by the end of the day. And we´re not supposed to speak english with our friends in our town. But obviously, we do. There is so much to say that I don´t know the words for in Spanish...since I don´t know most words in Spànish! I also feel sort of like an alien. Everyone stares at me, I sleep under a mosquito net, I don´t speak the language, they have to boil their water for me, I don´t eat certain foods. It´s wierd.

There is an internet cafe close to my house. It is twice as cheap to use it for one hour than to call with a calling card for 15 minutes. Dad: I tried calling you 4 times. 3 from the hotel collect and once while I´ve been in (edited for sercurity). It says that your number is disconnected. The house number! So I don´t know what to do.

During training, we go to spanish classes 3 times a week for 6 hours a day. 2 other days are technical training. I dread the weekend when I have to hang around and not understand much for 2 days straight! However, on sunday I took a walk with my brothers and sister and we say the laguna by my house. Its really pretty because it overlooks a volcano and another town. We went their today with my group as well.

Well that is it for now. I am going to try and upload some of my pictures. Hasta luego!

Jenny