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Don't worry!!! I have not fallen off a mountain. I have been extremely busy and this weekend not a lot was going on. This weekend I spent a lot of time sleeping, soaking up some usually non-existent sun and hiking. It was a great weekend!!!
On Monday, we had a meeting that included everyone that works in the organization. It lasted about 3-4 hours and it was all in Spanish. I understood a lot of it!!! I am very proud of myself :). We have an extremely busy month ahead of us and we were making sure everyone was on track. For example, in the last week of July alone there will be 4 different groups here. We did the math and that makes us responsible for more than 80 people at once. So to say the least, we all want to make sure we are prepared and we know what we are all personally responsible for. I am very excited for the weeks ahead but I am just a tad bit nervous, which I think is completely understandable.
Today I had an amazing day! A group of us woke up and were out hiking a close by trail/mountain by 6:30 this morning. We got back in time for me to change clothes and grab something to eat before I had to grab a bus and go to the community of Cantel. Cantel is where I teach in the school Nuevo Amanecer. I teach 4th, 5th and 6th graders english. Both classes went wonderfully. Everyone paid close attention and they learned a lot. I am very pleased with the progress we made today. We practiced what we learned before and started learning about pronouns. They caught on very well. I am very excited to go back on Thursday and make more progress.
Tomorrow I am teaching music class in a different community and then I have a women circle in the afternoon. We will be cooking chicken with tomatoes and mushrooms. I think it will be a great experience and interaction. After the women circle some of us are going to Hilda's house. She is the director of the Mayan Health Program project. She has built a sauna/steam room in her yard and we are going to use it. I can not wait!!!! This concept of a steam room is a part of Mayan medicine and it is for cleansing your system. I think it will be an amazing experience. I am looking forward to what tomorrow brings and I am sorry for not checking in more often. Check in again soon. . . this time I mean it :)