cdca

hello to all -
must be brief once again, but this internet sesh (the cdca dorm now has a computer?!? is 'mejor que nada' . .

dad and i had a successful trip up to ciudad sandinno, arriving in time to jump in on some work projects with the lopez group in the afternoon.
we leave early tomorrow morning for el porvenir, the coffee co-op in the mountains north of leon.

news of the passings of david fischer and leta marshal have been and doubtlessly will continue to be hard on the group - we had a circle yesterday to coincide with a gathering on the island, singing and speaking for david. .


dad brought new srtings for the guitar here, and we have been singing (i can hear 'paradise' coming up the stairs now) nightly, which has been a great help.

yesterday a few of us accompanied pat of the cdca to the clinc in nueva vida - not only was it wonderful to see the progress(completion! wallpaint! function!) on a building whose rebar skeleton i am familiar with, but we were allowed to attend a women's circle/support group. thankfully my spanish is good enough to have caught 90 percent of the conversatons, and i was even able to contribute a bit to the topic of the week, which was 'counseling'. .


today we went into managua to meet with some university student - spent the afternoon chatting, playing a delightfully disorganized game akin to sherades (sp?..) and then volleyball for at least an hour.

we danced a bit last night at an essentially deserted discoteque, but in true lopezian fashion didn't let the lack of latin dance skills or dancers phase us one bit.

will update on the progress of the cdca and all the co-ops in another entry.

i am truly having trouble understanding that i have less than a week left in central america. am definitely not letting this sad knowledge put a damper on things - still going full speed and making new friends along the way.


my love to home
--mak