Wow! I can’t believe how fast this last month flew by! I guess that’s a good sign since it means that I have lots of work and I’m settled into my routine here. My first couple of months here were a little slow since I was getting acquainted with all of Diaconía’s programs and such. Now I have my own projects to work on plus helping out with the credit groups and paperwork. I like being well occupied because it makes me feel like I’m making my contribution felt – more than just observing and taking notes.
However, one side-effect of all this busyness is that I totally forgot that I’ve been in Honduras for 3 months… which means my 90-day visitor visa was about to expire April 6th! Luckily I was already in Tegucigalpa April 5th for Diaconía Nacional’s monthly staff meeting so once Ana reminded me about the visa I went directly to immigration to apply for my 2 month extension. CRWRC has a lawyer working on my volunteer visa application but he doesn’t think it’ll be done for another two months. The whole process is very tedious and it seems like there’s a new fee or tax levied at each step. This time I had to pay almost 800 lempiras (~$43) and leave my passport with them for 4 days! It’s not easy leaving your passport behind but there isn’t much you can do about it. I’ll be really happy when I get my Honduran visa and ID! It’ll definitely be a relief to finish this process plus then I can open up a bank account here, FINALLY!
Sorry but I don’t have time to write more about all the adventures that happened last month. For now all I can say is “COMING SOON…” and here are some photos to preview!
Hope you got the photo we emailed you
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