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Reaching back have more to to some things that I overlooked in Honduras. In Siguatepeque, I made sure to ride in the front of the van with Jorge and talk to him. It caused my first thoughts not English to stop being French and Jorge was happy to just teach me. I overlooked this because I got caught up in thoughts while we were traveling and I did not ride in the front of the van with Jorge again. A second thing is, staying with the family of Charlie in Agalteca, the night of the party we did not understand what the party was, I thought it was a community party and all the families went and there were games for kids, etc. But when we were getting ready and leaving Charlie said she was not going and nor were the ninos. I figured it out later and now I wish we had spent some more time with Charlie because we were always in and out of her home and they go to sleep early. I would move us around in Honduras, just to single him out, Antonio was always putting in work for us, many people put in work for us being there. Jorge is a special person, Leo is talented, and Antonio is dedicated and caring, I am glad I able to begin communicating with them, hear their thoughts and words and tell them some of mine.

The wiki ate half of what I wrote so I will try again. I did not know what to expect when we went to Tegucigalpa, but it felt similar to New York City to me, not to say they are the same in their intricacies. It was interesting to feel a similarity across two cities.

Visiting the water treatment plants and water distribution systems and a water intake systems gave lessons on effective vs. ineffective designs, expensive vs. manageable and well planned, well designed vs. proprietary, teaching vs. being a worker. We got to come in and sit around and look at what wanted to see in the water plants and systems and let them soak into our heads. Giving us a concrete image in our minds when we bring up the thought of a water treatment plant. It was a rico opportunity for learning. In Honduras showed the physical expense of AguaClara and that many people in their lives do not care about or welcome our presence, which keeps us aware of the challenges the work we want to do will bring, and in doing so you can work with amazing people and meet, teach, and learn from promising children. (I have more to write but I am discouraged at the moment because of how the wiki editor destroyed what I put before, I need to recharge)

Vanish Grover's Honduras Journal Entry

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