Kathleen just returned to El Salvador from 10 days in Chicago; anyone familiar with the Windy City knows it's not first on the list of winter vacation destinations - no, Kathleen was in town to assist her parents whose home was badly damaged in a pre-Christmas fire last December (that's their place on the top floor in the photo below).
Firemen enjoying the view one floor down - from the condo that burned
Needless to say Kathleen and her mom had a very busy week in Chicago punctuated by a winter storrm (par for the course) and not much down time.
In January we helped out with a Habitat for Humanity build in a rural area near the city of Sonsonate, about an hour from San Salvador. It was hard work but lots of fun with a big group of embassy folks. A couple of pix from the build:
Kathleen builds a septic tank!
We're now solidly in the dry season in Central America - often threatens rain but definitely won't until May. Our Spanish continues to improve (Kathleen's is definitely better) so we're seeing one of our goals come to fruition. Our travel schedule looks quite active in the coming months - Belize shortly with Honduras and Guatemala hot on the heels. Stay tuned...
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Hi! Oh, these pics are just gorgeous! I know you've been having a very busy time in Chicago, Kathy, dealing with the Aftermath of the Great Fire... I'm sure you two will be happy to be back together. Things here in MI are, well, February-ish. Gray, tons of snow but about 33 degrees so it's not ski-able and won't stay. Spring Break time is coming, so young people will go south to do risky behaviors and older people will sit and breathe. And listen to The Beatles.
ReplyDeleteI look forward more news! michelle