Life´s a Beach. at least for a day.

Ok so I´m going to try to keep this entry short.

We didn´t end up going to Coban because little Joshua was sick so we just hung out in Xela for the weekend and then went to the beach with our maestros on Monday. I was sad for Sarah that we didn´t get to see her city but the beach was really fun and we definitely needed a break. And it was my first time seeing the Pacific Ocean! It´s very similar to the Atlantic, at least in Guat. anyway. Other than our little excursion to the beach, we´ve just been trucking along in Spanish class, becoming really good friends with our maestros, and getting ready to move to our communities.

Tommorrow we are going to Yajabcu Signup to meet my new family and to have a chance for everyone to see where I will be living this year. I am so excited! And also a little bit on the nervous side. . . Jaime (my maestro) told me that I will probably have to, or at least be asked to, kill a chicken. I´m not really sure how I feel about that but I suppose I will just have to see what happens. Anyway, so we will be spending the weekend with my new host family, going to my new church, and I, at least, will be completely overwhelmed with all of the sights and sounds of my new home. That means, folks, be prepared for a really long entry next week!