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Mom (and the rest of you folk too since it´s just easier to copy you all on that write a whole other email)-

So as usual I sat down to write you an email finally last Friday. Got it almost done and then the power went out in Trujillo. So here’s take two.

As for things here:

The boys are great. Jacob has 4 teeth now. Two tops and two bottoms. Two more are on their way through. He looks really cute. Got some good pictures which I’ll try and attach and upload. I’ll try and upload today but I’ll be in Ceiba this coming weekend so if not now, then definitely this weekend. He’s standing up for a second or two on his own. Still weeks away from walking but it seems like any minute now.

Michael’s great. Hard to think if he has new tricks. He’s dribbling a basketball.

Work has pretty much slowed down to a crawl for me which makes for a leisurely lifestyle. I’m teaching Tuesdays and Thursday mornings 5th and 6th grade science. Tomorrow I’m going to start going to Trujillo 3 days a week to work with one of our teenagers on math. She’s moving to Ceiba next year and starting at a really hard school which this year of school in Trujillo has left her totally behind for. So I’ll get to do some algebra II stuff with her which should keep me busy. A good excuse to check email and eat baleadas too.

Our next big thing is of course the arrival of the new volunteers. A week from today the 7 newbies arrive. They left Guatemala this weekend to travel their way down here. Erika and the boys and I are going to Ceiba to meet them next weekend with Erin, Nicholas, Kristel and stay with Andrea and Matthew.

Erika is working hard and is gearing up for orientation of new social workers. She’s actually going to train them to be social workers. Something sorely needed and that hasn’t happened ever before for new vols (E was home in the states for training last year).

We’re pumped about our upcoming move. As it gets closer we’re actually thinking about it less and less. We’re sort of caught up in things here, but always in the back of our minds we’re very much looking forward to getting to Boston. I’ve been emailing with Michele and it looks like things are still going ahead for her to move up with us which we’re super excited about.

I think I sent you our flight info, but just FYI we might be making a change. We might stay in Honduras an extra day to spend time with Matthew and Andrea. We haven’t gotten to see them as much as we would like to this fall and since we likely won’t see them at all after we move back stateside we might spend the day with them after everyone else leaves to go traveling. I’ll let you know for sure once we decide. We’ll be home on either December 6 or December 7.

I don’t think I ever told you about my visit with Catholic Relief Services in Tegus. It went really well and the guy was super nice and very helpful. I left really excited about CRS and what they do. He had lots of good advice and was really positive about Tufts and the program there. Basically said I’ll have no problem getting a job. I left a little nervous about the length of time I might need to live overseas but have to keep in mind that he is on an overseas job track and still have to investigate stateside careers more.

Ok, it’s pretty late. I hope all is well for you guys and in just a few short weeks we can phone instead of email. Love to everyone and see you soon.

Michael-John