Trip Log (Letter written September 25, 2005)

reh@knology.net — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:59:49 GMT

Sunday September 25, 2005
Met the driver and interpreter at 7:45 and explained to the interpreter that his English is not good enough and gave him $5.00 for taxi fare home.

Esell has always been reliable – and late. She followed her pattern. She showed up with Celie Flores (who turned out to be a pretty good interpreter) at 8:30AM. Reliable and late. We were on the road by 9:00.

At Roxana’s by 11:00. Greetings and introductions. Anabel has moved out again. Home life is too confining and dull for her. Roxana gave each of us a glass of our dried milk.

Went to Tiger Island and sat on the balcony that overlooks the Pacific – much more pleasant than La Ceiba. Lunch program:

Roxana is pretty sure that the federal program will continue through next spring, through the federal elections. After that is anyone’s guess.
Admin of possible additional schools: The other two schools she recommends are smaller with 50 and 60 students respectively. The parents rotate the cooking chores. Roxana would simply pick up the additional supplies, divide it into three piles. The other school principals would drop off records and pick up supplies. Roxana does not believe that there will be any increase in her work load.
We will meet with the two principals and see the schools tomorrow. We did not say we would start two more schools, we said we would look into the possibility.

Roxana has an antique computer (no internet) and her daughter keeps records on a spread sheet. Internet access from the house won’t happen. I told her we need pictures. She knows but that always takes a back seat to daily activities so doesn’t happen. I said she could loan the camera to other teachers so they could take pictures, She said we will meet other teachers tomorrow and will see why she doesn’t loan the camera. Back at Roxana’s at 5:30, at the motel by 6:30. Driver did not expect to drive so much. Will talk that over with Jorge when we get back to Teguc.

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Trip Log (Letter written September 25, 2005)