Chris Green has been working with Agua Pura has a volunteer for the past six months. Unlike a Peace Corps volunteer he didn’t get a living allowance or great health care coverage. Rather he paid his expenses out of his own pocket and never once complained about it. He has a huge heart and an inquisitive mind that has inspired me to have more compassion for the people I work with. Chris’ departure leaves our apartment complex almost empty; now it is just Katie and I. The other three apartments are now empty and will probably stay empty for a while because there aren’t any new volunteers coming any time soon and the landlords don’t like to rent to Hondurans because they say they make trouble…
Katie has also been on vacation this week, so now I actually feel like a normal Peace Corps volunteer who isn’t surrounded by foreigners and doesn’t speak English more often than Spanish. It is kinda nice (although I do like Katie’s company so I can come home at night and vent and we can cook together, because as my aunt says, it is not healthy to eat by yourself).
Katie has also been on vacation this week, so now I actually feel like a normal Peace Corps volunteer who isn’t surrounded by foreigners and doesn’t speak English more often than Spanish. It is kinda nice (although I do like Katie’s company so I can come home at night and vent and we can cook together, because as my aunt says, it is not healthy to eat by yourself).
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