Honduras Again!

In July 2011, after almost two years of a long and arduous process I was finally invited  to serve in Peace Corps -Honduras. Sadly, seven month later Peace Corps Honduras was officially shut down due to increased violence throughout the country. While I was only in country as a volunteer for a rather short period of time, relative to the normal 27 months commitment volunteers serve abroad, I was able to create strong ties with the Peace Corps staff, Honduran nationals, and both host families I lived with, whom I dearly love .

Despite the increasing crime and the dangers of living in Honduras in 2012, I decided to come back. I was blessed to have lived in towns where it seemed more of an oasis than the "murder capital" of the world. For the third time here in Honduras, I will be living in a completely different zone. Each area has its beauty and its setbacks.

I now live in a small city with 70,000 inhabitants. It has nice grocery stores, a few restaurants, hotels, cafes and a gym! These are luxuries that certainly cannot be found in a "normal" town.

Before I left Honduras, I tried to find a way to stay in country through some other organization. With such little time to prepare before being evacuated by the Peace Corps, I could only hope that someone from the few places I applied to would call me back. Well it seems Honduras wanted me back. After a week of being back in the U.S., I received a call from a director of school looking for a teacher to start immediately. This was my lucky day! This school, which was in a totally different part of the country from where I was living, had found me through a mutual friend who mentioned me, liked my resume and offered me a job on the spot through the phone.

Needless to say God works in mysterious ways. I am now back in action!

 More to come as the adventure continues.