Our first taste of "el tiempo hondureño"

For those of you who may be slightly unfamiliar with Hispanic culture, the concept of time is often considerably different than what we're used to in the U.S. Punctuality is not always quite as emphasized and timing is more loose and more often than not, very approximate. This may seem kind of strange to us Americans at first, but it is a testament to the Hispanic orientation of living life in the moment, rather than thinking so far ahead to the future. 


Last night after returning to our hotel, we were not informed about what our schedule was going to be like today. And to add to our uncertainty, the local cell phone we had been given ran out of battery, so we had no way to contact someone from the clinic. And we were not given a charger. This morning we visited the two volunteers who began their work here two weeks ago (Alex calls them "Team A"), borrowed their phone charger and tried to determine our schedule for the day. After finally reaching Alex, we learned that we actually do not have any official duties today. The Team B Trio played a couple rounds of "Pass the Pigs" (a fun, silly little game!) and practiced some Spanish. Then, the "Team A" girls showed us around the few blocks where we're staying and took us to La Colonia, a large supermarket, where we ate lunch and they got a couple grocery items. Tonight we're planning to make dinner and Alex offered to take us to a movie and take us around town a bit. But of course, we will have to be flexible because we do not know what time that could actually happen! 


Unlike the girls on Team A, we were lucky enough to ease into our first few days here on a weekend, rather than being thrown into the overwhelming work at the clinic as they were. Today was kind of uneventful, so I'm sorry that there is not much more to report! 


Thanks for reading! If you ever have any questions, feel free to post a comment below and I will do my best to try and answer it!