Hello hello! So I have returned from my site visit. The place is tiiiinnnyyyyy! haha! There are about 450 people in the town, so about 40 houses. I have one small little shop to buy things like oatmeal, i think pasta, little snacky foods, milk, eggs, and a very very limited amount of veggies. But there is a truck that brings in some veggies twice a week, but it looks like for fruits and if i want vegetables other than tomato, potatoes, or onion i will have to go into the big city 45 minutes from me. They also have a big supermarket, and I have a friend who lives somewhat close so we are planning on meeting in the city once a week for a shopping spree! My town is basically a really small circle. We dont have plumbing so I will be working a latrine for the next two years, and water comes for an hour once a day or every other day so I will be collecting. I had my first bucket bath experience....it was cold. And kinda hard to get out the shampoo, but I will become an expert in no time (or be really smelly, whichever comes first!) I do have electricity though! Thank goodness! But sadly I dont get cell phone reception unless I army crawl under a barbed wire fence and climb a little hill. The life of a PC volunteer! And rumor has it that the town has bought land to build a tower! So perhaps in my two years of service, I will have reception!
The people in my town are really really nice! They all know my name and when I got off the bus the school kids had made me a welcome sign and all crowded around me screaming my name. One little girl even carried my bag (which was bigger than her) to my host families house! Really sweet. Everyone calls my name as I pass and invites me in to their houses and force feeds me food. They are really excited that I am there! And luckily because I am a replacment volunteer, they all kinda know what my role is in the community and know why I am there so I dont have to continuously explain my purpose! And apparently the community was asking the old volunteer if I liked it, and if i liked them. They are really trying to make me welcome and happy! I also have a somewhat big city close by (like 20 minutes) and have met some nice people there in case I want to escape small city life for a while.
Its a lot different than I was picturing in my head, and I will be living a very low key, quiet lifestyle, but i really think i am going to like my site and the people in it! and there are always weekends to explore the cities of Nicaragua!
Hope you are all well! I love you and will talk to you soon!
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