Well, as of this friday (tomorrow) I will have been at laguna de apoyo for 5 weeks now, and in the country of nicaragua for just about 11 weeks soon. its crazy to think about how some of the things that I´ve done (like going to the east coast, matagalpa and esteli, even leaving from the united states back in may) were months ago. crazy!
As for this last week, we are mostly focusing on working on things such as our final project, an 8-12 page paper about a subject related to the country of nicaragua in some way, whether it be historical, political, economical, social, etc. I am doing my paper about the role of developmental workers from the states who worked in the country of nicargaua during the contra war of the 80s. In a more simplified, less nebulous terms, this basically is saying is that I am writing my final project about how United States citizens worked in the country of Nicargua during the contra war, a war sponsored by the united states government in the 80s, and how these people in the country protested the war, and worked to help improve the situations of the people of Nicargaua durig the time of the war, and those who were affected by the outcome of fighting and war. We also additionally have a village study paper, which we have to write a 5 page paper about the town that we live in, and the history of the area, and the various political social or economic factors that are associated with the place that we live and work. To say that it is a tortorous task for the most part, is an axiomatic statement.
We are heading out to managua tonight, to visit the city and enjoy some night life, and then will be heading back here to finish up with a week of potentially planting trees (assuming that the rain decides not to be too troublesome and interfering with our work) and probably puttering around, hoping to get these projects finsished (which are admitedly quite a pain to do).
On the 29th, the three of us here at Laguna de Apoyo will be heading back to the city of Jinotepe to meet up with the rest of the group (who also will be returning from their various service assignments all over the country), and then we will spend a few days together before flying back to the states on August 2nd.
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