“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” - Paul Theroux

Wednesday was a little disappointing. We went to four different locations to try and volunteer or do interviews and the people weren't there or wanted us to come back the next day. Miguel hadn't talked to us in 6 days which was starting to worry us a little because he usually talked to us at least once a day. By the time we realized nothing in Tela was going to pan out it was too late to go the town next to us to try and interview people there and too late to go the beach.

Tuesday was fantastic. Matt and I interviewed people off the street about what they thought about what was happening with the government and the it was incredible to see them talk with such passion. I still can't believe I am witnessing history being made. I hope this resolves itself soon because the people here deserve so much more. Honduras has had such an unfortunate history and over 70% of the people live in poverty. They just want peace for their country. Because of what's happening many countries are pulling or freezing their aid which will absolutely devastate this country. If this isn't resolved soon it could take years for Hondurans to recover.

Today made up for yesterday. In the morning I went in played with kids from 2 to 10 years old that are in a day care run by the organization I am doing the powerpoint for. I see-sawed and swung and ran around. I was hugged by 6 kids at one time, they all tried to sit on my lap at the same time, if i bent down to talk to them I stood up with at least two kids still hanging on me. Shouts of tia come here, and tia look at this. I fell in love. I want to take all of these kids home. On of the workers told me that she had never seen one of the little boys run around before.

In the afternoon we traveled to a barrio (neighborhood) to talk with the people that lived there. We interviewed residents that had lived there for over 60 years in the same house. The roads were all made of dirt and they had been raising money for a church for 17 years. This year they were finally able to start building. They invited us back on Wednesday to celebrate mass with them in an old woman's house where they have been gathering since the town was built.

Matt found peanut butter in a little store which makes me even more certain I could live here for a long time. This weekend we think we'll go to La Ceiba to see what's going on there.