The Old Stone Streets

The man who heads the OAS (Organization of American States) came to Tegucigalpa today to get Zelaya his place back as president. He was supposed to be here to discuss and make negotiations, but he obviously had his own agenda, and nothing was accomplished. He refused to speak to any of the new members of the government, which include the new president, Micheletti, and restricted himself to only listening to whomever he chose to.  In my opinion, if he came to have a discussion, as a diplomat, he was to have spoken with everyone, from every party and every view, but he was obviously not interested in what others had to say. Tomorrow, the OAS committee will decide whether Honduras will be suspended or not. If they are, they will be cut off from aid by any country that is a part of the organization, which includes the good ole U.S. of A. 

Michael Jackson has been gone for a whole week already. It's still hard to accept. Even here in Honduras, I hear his music EVERYWHERE! Channel 5 has made the guitar intro of "Beat It" their theme song. So every time special reports come on, or an ad to watch channel 5, that iconic guitar intro comes on. It's crazy to see a different aspect of Jackson's fame around the world. 

Due to my inability to go out and get to know the streets of Teguc, I have been in the house most of the day. However, recently I've been going outside in the covered patio area of my aunt's house to read and write in my journal. It's nice and fresh--a big change from sitting inside watching t.v. all day. Then yesterday, Leyla invited me to go to the "pulperia" with her to add minutes to her phone. Then we took the long way home. Tegucigalpa is made up of small mountains and hills. Where my aunt lives is called las Lomas de Toncontin, which is entirely on a hill. On our way home we passed by a church which is on the edge of the hill, we stopped to take in the fresh air and watch a small area of lesser fortunate people on the other hill. The scene of small, squished homes was one that I was most used to, from my previous trips to Honduras. I could see and hear the kids use the dirt road as their soccer field, across from another dirt road that goes uphill, which I can imagine must be horrible, and dangerous, to go uphill when it rains. On top of the hill was a water tank, which I am very familiar with because of the water project with Biola. Leyla has always wanted to go up there, but she's never been "brave enough" to go on her own. So we've made plans to go up there one of these days, but we can't tell my aunt. Haha. It'll be our little secret. We walked back as Leyla told me a little more about her life and some of the people she introduced me to as we walked back home. 

Today I went outside to the old stone streets again. My cousin was going to play soccer so I went with him. First we just passed it back and forth while he shot the ball against the garage metal gate?/porton. Then he made himself goalie while I shot it at the gate. I made a couple of goals as I learned to curve the ball, not like Beckham though. Then it was my turn to be goalie, which was actually quite fun. I'm sure that I'll have some bruises on my arms and thighs tomorrow. All of a sudden, the dogs (a giant one [Goku] and a small one [Cherry]) came running out of the porch door and Leyla came out behind them. She was taking them out for a walk and invited me to go with her. Of course I said yes, so off we went on another adventure. It was funny to see all the girls on the streets, as they walked with their boyfriends or wannabe boyfriends, freak out whenever they saw Goku coming close to them, because he's the most scared dog I have ever met. He's scared of a lot of things, but old men with glasses the most. He runs away in terror at the sight of them. We went to search for Chocobananos, but one pulperia was closed and the other hadn't received them yet. So we got regular paletas and walked back home. It was a good adventure. 

Tomorrow we're leaving for San Marcos de Colon at 5am, which means that I need to wake up early. So, goodnight.