Yesterday was the first day it didn’t rain! It felt like a miracle. It was the first time I saw the sun shine on Xela, and it was actually very pretty! They aren’t kidding when they say rainy season.

Class was good yesterday. We worked on conjugating irregular verbs, and I learned some new vocabulary, which I need to study. Today we continued practicing irregular verbs and vocabulary. I also read a magazine article to my Maestra in order to practice pronunciation. I only understood about 10% of it. But, I do know it was about papayas and their numerous valuable uses. I also practiced conversing with my Maestra. It is one thing to understand the conjugation rules and be able to write sentences with them, but it is a totally new game when you have to actually speak with them.

Yesterday after lunch we had a free afternoon, so a group of us decided to enjoy the sunshine and walk around. We went back to the market and looked around, but I didn’t purchase anything. At 6:15, we went to a yoga class. It was an hour and a half long class that cost the equivalent of about $7.00 (which I think is pretty cheap). The class was good… we did a lot of stretching and other basic yoga things. Yoga is the same here as it is in the US (and I’m sure it is the same in every part of the world!).

Today I walked to the hospital with another girl from the Somos Hermanos group. On Wednesday, she slipped in the rain and dislocated her shoulder. She is fine but needed to take care of payment details. It was very different from any US hospital. The hallways were much smaller and it didn’t have that pristine bleached feel. But, it was clean and everyone there was very nice and helpful. We can all be glad that I was not the first person to get injured on this trip!

Tonight we have a welcome party and our first Salsa class! I am very excited, so I’ll let you know how it goes!

Pictures!! One is of myself and Josi. She is the grandchild of my host mom. She loves to play with Marissa and I. Another is of a street in Zona 3 (with sunshine!) I think this picture is a good representation of what I mean when I say the city itself isn't that beautiful, but the views surrounding it are. Another is the kitchen en mi casa. It isn't very large, but we squeeze a lot of people in it. It is where we eat all our meals and where we played cards the other night.