Right now I am just working on the last minute details. I still haven't packed, but since I have moved home for the last little bit of my time in the US I feel like the work is partially done.I am hoping that I can fit everything I "need." :-)
I have all of the money to I was required to raise and I have received several generous donations towards art supplies, but of course I could still use some. I had originally thought about getting donations from stores like Hobby Lobby and bringing them with, but this didn't work out from several angles (including the $200 cost of bringing another suitcase!). If you would like to donate to my art supply fund you can donate with the same forms as before, just write "Sarah Larson-Art Supplies" on the memo line of the check, this will earmark the funds so that they can be spent on the art supplies. This can be done at any time during the school year.
Let me try to give you a picture of the country of Honduras...
It's a pretty mountainous place...which means that it takes longer to get from point A to point B, of course, it also means that it is really beautiful.
As far as natural disasters go it has frequent, mild earthquakes (there weren't any while I was there that I know of, but there was on in June or July) and it's long coastlines make it very vulnerable to hurricanes. In 1998 Hurricane Mitch devastated Honduras leaving 5,600 people dead and many homes and other building destroyed. It's still something that comes up commonly in conversation.
Honduras is the second poorest country in Central America and according to some sources the second poorest in the Western Hemisphere. It's major exports are
coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, and lumber.
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