On August 29th, I arrived in Managua, Nicaragua with the Peace Corps. After a two day orientation at a hotel in Managua, I packed my bags and headed to Masatepe, a town near Masaya, to meet my host family and begin training. This process will last for 11 weeks, and then I will move to the community where in which I will volunteer for two years. Three days a week I will have language training; two and a half days I will have technical training on environmental issues and classroom teaching.
In my host family, I have a host father, mother, and grandmother. We definitely life well compared to other Nicaragua families. I have my own room and bathroom, and the house has satellite television on a big screen TV. Due to an nationwide energy crisis, the electricity regularly winks out. At my house, there is no power between 8AM and 2PM on Monday and Wednesday and Saturday. That also means there is no phone service. In addition, the water goes out. On most days, we have water from 4am to 7am and 2pm to 8am. On good days, we have water, phone and electricity and the same time. if we are lucky. buena suerte!!
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