Last Friday, we were given packets that had descriptions of sites listed as A through Q, and we were told that we should think about our top three by today, Monday, for the "site fair", where volunteers that are currently serving in the departments where we could potentially go come and talk about them. I went in there with preferences but after hearing about all of the places I don´t really care. It would be crazy to live on Omotepe, the island in the middle of Lake Nicaragua right next to two volcanoes. Or in the uncharted territory of R.A.A.S. (yes, raas, Region Autonomo Atlantico del Sur) where there has never been a TEFL volunteer and where they speak Creole English. Or, in Nueva Segovia or Jinotega, right on the border of Honduras, where only last year the first TEFL volunteers were sent.
But I would also be fine here, in Masaya, or even neighboring Carazo, just not Niquinohomo because I want to start fresh somewhere.
Yeah you probably have to look at a map of Nicaragua to understand some of that.
But anyways, we went to a volcano on saturday, and Ive never been that close to one before so that was cool. there was smoke coming out of it.
saturday night we celebrated a trainees bday at someones house, that was fun.
Training is stressfull. I have classes to teach and a youth group to practice lots of things on and a workshop to make up and a cough to get rid of and journals and portfolios to write and skills to develop and learning to do about TEFL.
Speaking of which, I have to go plan when to meet to plan for tomorrows youth group,
Peace. =)