El Nispero!

Hello my wonderful friends and family (who I am not sure actually read this thing):

So, majoy changes in my life in the last few weeks. And I am not quiet sure where to begin. About two weeks ago we had our grand site announcement party with my Field Based Training group (municipal development). It really was a great time because unlike the other two groups, most of us really had no idea where we were going to end up. I was convinced I was going to the South as my Training boss, Jorge had hinted at that a few weeks earlier but turns out there were some last minute changes and I will be heading to....EL NISPERO! El Nispero is a Municipality in the western side of Honduras in a Department called Santa Barbara. It´s very green and I have heard it is nice and cool around December and January. There are about 2,000 people living in teh city center (Casco Urbano) where the Muni office is and there are seven aldeas surrounding. So directly after the site announcement part we left to return to Zarabanda, met our counterparts and were off to our sights all within two days. It was a little crazy.
All in all my site visit was a little awful. I am hoping it is one of those things like, Bad dress rehearsal makes for great performance. After arriving in EL Nispero in the dark, I was dropped off at my new host family and all most immediatly went to bed. Woke up in the middle of the night sick. It was awful, I was totally worthless. I got up the next morning and had to call my counterpart (The Alcalde Mayor of the town) and tell him I was sick and wouldnt be able to come in that morning. Knowing I needed water to rehidrate but not knowign what to do I just layed in bed. About an hour later a doctor show up at my house, my first house call ever. SHe fixed me right up and with her help adn some rehydration salts I was feeling better by the afternoon. I saw much of the Aldeas and the beautiful Reicken Library where I will eb doing some work over the next few days. Unfortunatly, my Alcalde went out of town and I didn`t really get a chance to meet with him and really have no idea what he would like me to accomplish for the next two years.
One of the things I have learned about myself in this whole process is that it takes me longer than I would have thought to deal with change and new things. I was pretty much freaked out when I returned from my site visit. But I think I was just emotional and homesick. I have soem new perspective and all though my service still seems daunting, I have a fresh perspective and some new motivation. Additionally, I recieved one amazing package from home this week and it really made me feel great!
In additional news, Stephanie leaves for Mozambique, Africa mere days after I swear in as an official Peace Corps Volunteer. It´s quite a ride and I really hope she has an amazing time. This is my last week of training and I will have my final language interviews and then swearing in with the new Ambassador of Honduras.
I really will be better at this whole blog thing after getting to my sight when I have amazing amounts of time on my hands so if this wasn´t riveting and you were looking for pictures and more description of my new site, hold your horses.

Love and Kisses,

Brenna Joy