My Second Earthquake in 2 Weeks!

It's late here, so this won't be a very long update! Last night around 2:30 am we had an earthquake. The earthquake hit Honduras, and I think one person died and there was some sever damage there. I woke up out of a deep sleep right before it started for some reason. The earthquake lasted about a minute and it just felt like some one was on top of the bunkbed shaking it. Pretty crazy! I had never been in an earthquake until a couple of weeks ago, and now they seem to be a regular occurance! Everything is fine here though. Apparantly they have little earthquakes quite often here. Some of the staff told us that there was a smaller one a little earlier in the evening around 7:30 pm, but none of us felt it.

Tonight, we went to a soccer game, which is why we got back so late! We just ate our dinner. It was the Xela national team vs another national team from Guatemala that we never found out the name of! It was a lot of fun, but we're all exhausted after a long day at work and a late night. Like I said before, most of us are in bed reading around 8:30 and lights out around 9:30!

We went to a Marimba explanation and demonstration. A marimba is similar to a xylophone, but a lot more complicated with two rows of keys, and much larger, and it is played by three people who use multiple sticks each.

Work today was a little frustrating. I had expressed to the people in charge of CCS that I was unsure of what was expected of me at the orphanage, meaning that I didn't know if the orphanage was expecting me to create lessons and activities for the kids or not, and they took it as I was standing around not doing anything. So, the director came in today and talked to the director of the orphanage and so now I think I'm helping out in the kitchen. I wouldn't mind helping in the kitchen because there is a need, but I don't want to just leave the kids either. So we'll see how tomorrow goes, and I may need to talk to the director's of CCS and explain that I was being productive in the nursery and that I did enjoy that placement and that I would like to continue working there. So today I spent a couple of hours in the nursery (Nelzo cried every time I left again) and then I washed dishes for about an hour and cut a lot of cucumbers, squeezed lime juice, and cut tomatoes. Maybe I'll learn some good recipes though!

I'm headed to bed now. Tomorrow I'm headed to Lake Atitlan with 3 other people from the group for the weekend. I'm excited! I've heard it is beautiful, and I'm looking forward to spending time on sunday at one of the largest outdoor markets in Chi Chi.

I'll have updates probably Sunday or Monday after our adventure out of Xela. I'm looking forward to seeing more of the country and getting a little break from the busy schedule we've had here all week! I have some videos of the soccer game and of the marimba that I will try to post when I get back in town, but they are taking too long now, and I'm headed to bed!