Yesterday the Mayor’s office sent someone out here to my community to inspect the “roads” and decide which parts are in desperate need of being fixed so that the buses can pass through here again. I went out to the worst parts with some men from my community and the man from the Mayor’s office, and we have gotten approval to have some of the bigger holes/mud pits fixed! The Mayor’s office is supposed to be sending out the trucks to start the work tomorrow morning…so keep your fingers crossed for us that it will actually happen!
Also, I woke up this morning to an announcement being made on the community loud speaker. Usually these announcements concern a modified bus schedule or pick up location, or announce a funeral or party that everyone is invited to. This morning was different. This morning, I woke up to my neighbor/ADESCO vice president giving the community a lecture on participation. I have a feeling his rant stemmed from the fact that he has now lost two full days of work in his corn field because he’s the one that has been dealing with the Mayor’s office about the roads this week, but he continued to lecture the community on how “Senorita Georgia” (heaven forbid anyone be able to pronounce Jordan) is never going to be able to get any work done because I can’t get the community support/participation I will need to get projects done. BAHAHAHHAHAHHHAHAHHAHHA. I don’t know how the shit happens but somehow I’m not even surprised. So we’ll see if people will show to my meeting this Friday to start the Engineers without Borders application for our water project.
Oh! And Feliz Día de la Independencia! No one here can understand how it’s NOT Independence Day in the United States today…I guess we need a little history lesson down here.
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