Mas likes Hot Tamales...
...and he has a mustache. Pictures are on the way. How is everyone? We miss you all a lot, and really appreciate all the packages and e-mails. We're through the elections, and everything ended up being nice and peaceful. The day of the election was so intense and eerily quiet. People were just waiting to see what would happen. The results started coming in at around 1:00 a.m., when I naturally was awoken by the noise. Rockets, gun shots and car horns, along with hundreds of screaming voices let me know that Ortega was ahead. And that's the way it was all night long! The next days were really peaceful as well. They had feared riots and violence, so we gringos were all on lock down for about four days, but all turned out well. We're actually lucky the Sandinistas won because if they would have lost, there probably would have been trouble. On monday night when it was official that he won, there was a wild parade of fanatics in the street. They packed at least 30 people into each pickup, 10 people into cars with about 5 sitting in the open trunk! Hundreds of cars raced down the highway with flag waving loonies practically spilling out! It was quite a sight!
So here we are waiting for January 10th when Ortega takes power officially. We're actually not really worried about our futures here, because he seems to have calmed down a bit. He may end up doing some good things for this country. We all know it desperately needs a change. In his campaign he promised a lot of things that sounded wonderful, and the people are really depending on him to follow through.
Mas and I only have 3 more days with our host families. I love mine so much, I know it will be a hard goodbye. At least they will be only a phone call away when we need them. Mas made his family pasta with peanut sauce a few nights ago, and I made mine a chocolate cake and oatmeal cookies! It's fun to get them away from the everyday rice and beans for a change! In just 6 days we swear in as official Peace Corps Volunteers!!! We're feeling ready and proud to be a part of such an important organization.
Here's kind of a funny story to give you all an idea of what life is like here. I went over to Mason's house to spend the night with him two nights ago. At 1:30 in the morning I woke up because I had to pee. The bathroom is outside in the back patio (vey common here) so I had to unlock the back door and go outside. I did it as quietly as I could because the night was so quiet. The dog was back there saw me(she was pregnant) and started to bark, which made the whole house wake up. I went back inside and she stopped barking after a while. But her barking made a dog down the street start, and he went for about 15 minutes. Then, his noise made the roosters wake up, and they started going. By now most of the roosters around the town are doing their thing, three dogs are barking, and the baby a few doors down starts crying. Then we hear some whining from the dog in the back. It turns out she had her babies right then. So needles to say, one person waking up to simply use the bathroom turned into half the town waking up and 7 newborn puppies!
We love you all! Carol and I wish more people would make comments!! We've got lots of great pictures to add. Hopefully tomorrow you'll see them.
Con amor,
Brenna
So here we are waiting for January 10th when Ortega takes power officially. We're actually not really worried about our futures here, because he seems to have calmed down a bit. He may end up doing some good things for this country. We all know it desperately needs a change. In his campaign he promised a lot of things that sounded wonderful, and the people are really depending on him to follow through.
Mas and I only have 3 more days with our host families. I love mine so much, I know it will be a hard goodbye. At least they will be only a phone call away when we need them. Mas made his family pasta with peanut sauce a few nights ago, and I made mine a chocolate cake and oatmeal cookies! It's fun to get them away from the everyday rice and beans for a change! In just 6 days we swear in as official Peace Corps Volunteers!!! We're feeling ready and proud to be a part of such an important organization.
Here's kind of a funny story to give you all an idea of what life is like here. I went over to Mason's house to spend the night with him two nights ago. At 1:30 in the morning I woke up because I had to pee. The bathroom is outside in the back patio (vey common here) so I had to unlock the back door and go outside. I did it as quietly as I could because the night was so quiet. The dog was back there saw me(she was pregnant) and started to bark, which made the whole house wake up. I went back inside and she stopped barking after a while. But her barking made a dog down the street start, and he went for about 15 minutes. Then, his noise made the roosters wake up, and they started going. By now most of the roosters around the town are doing their thing, three dogs are barking, and the baby a few doors down starts crying. Then we hear some whining from the dog in the back. It turns out she had her babies right then. So needles to say, one person waking up to simply use the bathroom turned into half the town waking up and 7 newborn puppies!
We love you all! Carol and I wish more people would make comments!! We've got lots of great pictures to add. Hopefully tomorrow you'll see them.
Con amor,
Brenna
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