Site Fair

So, we were given a packet of site descriptions for us to look through and see what kind of place we wanted to live. There was a catch though; the sites did not say which town, or even which state they were in. We only had “Site A” at the top and a description of the site, including climate and an approximate distance from the capital, but it still wasn’t clear. I did some investigation and thought I found at least all of the states, because we knew which states were options, just not which ones went with each site. Are you confused, ok then you’ve caught up with all of us…


Well yesterday we had a site fair, where volunteers from the departments (states) that we will be going to came and shared things about towns in their state. They didn’t tell us any specifics about town names, just what small, medium, and large towns are like in their department. Ok, how is this going to help us since we don’t know what site goes with which department. Confused again? We were too. Anyway, it was neat to hear about the different departments and I put in my preferences of site names. I’m hoping for the department of Matagalpa because it’s mas fresco (cooler) and it’s still not too far from Managua (less than 3 hours). We don’t find out for 2-3 weeks, so we have some time to worry…haha Ok, I’ll try not to worry. We have another interview coming up to talk about placements so we’ll get to talk more about our preferences and such, so hopefully they’ll put us where we would best fit :) I’ve heard that somehow PC magically knows where you should be, and everybody ends up loving their sites. They always tell us, “no matter where you go, you will find something you like. All of the sites are great and there are wonderful people.” I hope they’re right! :)

Anyway, Jess couldn’t go to the site fair yesterday because she’s still sick and had to stay home. So, I used my digital camera and videotaped each of the short presentations on the different departments to take to her. Kellie and I went over to Masatepe after the meeting so we could activate our PC bankcards and then we went shopping at Pali and bought some snacks to have a girls’ night since Jess was going to leave to Managua for more testing. So, we finally got back and made popcorn (Jess’ family has a microwave!), watched Friends, and hung out. We were sad that Jess missed the site fair, but we shared the information with her and she has the videos to watch now.

Jess left this morning to go to Managua because her blood platelets were dropping in number. She has done more tests, but we’re waiting to hear if she has to stay overnight or not. Please pray for her to get better soon. We really miss her and hate to see her sick and weak :(