Sara´s Peace Corps Training Experience- Week 2.6

Wow, now that I have finally set up this blog I am unsure of what to write. So much has happened in the past 3 weeks that I really do not know where to start.
The last that most people heard from me it was the day before I left for Honduras with a group of 51 aspiring PC volunteers- (I say aspiring because in order to actually become a volunteer we have to pass a few tests and have made an effort to integrate into the Honduran community). The morning we left for Honduras we had to be in the hotel lobby by 2:00am with all our luggage. I, however had to be in the lobby earlier because the day before I thought it would be a good idea to elect myself to be a "group leader" for 1/4 of the group. It turns out that I was a lot more enthusiastic and energtic about the idea of being a group leader rather than actually being one. Let´s just say that at the end of 15ish hours of traveling I slept pretty damn well.
About the place I am staying right now- As it turns out, Zarabanda really is outside of Tegucigalpa and I wouldn´t have had internet access if I had not traveled to Valle de Angeles (about a 20-30 bus ride north). I thought I was going to be living in Zarabanda where the PC training office is but instead I am living in Las Cañadas (10-15 min bus ride). It is beautiful there and the people are wonderful. Weather wise, we are in the mountains so it can get cool but it´s usually a comfortable 70 degrees. My living arrangement is a little...actually quite a bit different from a lot of the "aspirantes" (what us wanna-be volunteers are called until we are swore in on September 26). I have a house that is nicer than the one I had in the United States- before I met my host family I was told on a piece of paper that "La casa es muy lujosa--pero este no es la realidad en Honduras." Basically, the house is very luxurious but I better not get used to it- it´s not the reality. My host parents actually just moved to Honduras from Miami two years ago. My host madre, Ana, is Honduran and had been living in Miami for 21 years-where she met my host padre, Tyrone. He is actually from Jamaica and had also immigrated to Miami. They are both very sweet people with kind hearts. I also live with two very beautiful and nice pitt bulls named Luna and Dante. ---I would love to keep talking about my Las Cañandas host family but time is precious for me at the moment.
A typical day for me consists of getting up at 5:30 am to take a shower, eat breakfast, and walk to the bus stop by 7 am. By 7:30 am other aspirantes and I have arrived at our training site and we go to Spanish class. Spanish class is between 4-5 hours long. In case certain people are curious, a volunteer has to have reached a mid-intermediate level of Spanish to pass the language requirement and become a volunteer. Luckily, I tested into the high-intermediate Spanish level so I do not have to worry about not having the Spanish skills. yay! Anyways, after spanish class we usually have some sort of safety, core, or specific project training that lasts until 4:30. Then by bus we are taken home- sometimes us aspirantes get to hang out, other times we are with our families speaking spanish and doing homework. There´s definitely a handfull of new experiences everyday.
Got to go for now, but another update will come soon!