Goodbye San Salvador for a few weeks

The last few days have been really calm and laid back. On Sunday night, it was free time so I decided to venture in the art of handwashing my clothes in the pila. It wasnt as bad as I expected but it was quite a workout on my arms. Monday we had a speaker about the economics of El Salvador speak to us about neoliberalism and a whole bunch of stuff which I probably couldnt understand in English and it was even harder for me personally to understand in Spanish. Then all the sippies traveled around the National Univeristy to check out their amazing murals that were painted on the walls and sides of buildings. Then we went and ate pupusas at Anne Maries and it was a very good time. We all love her and she is very funny. Today again was very laid back. We heard about the problems with gangs and youth here in El Salvador with two members of CRISPAZ and then we went out to lunch and the rest of the day was ours. Judith and I decided to venture to the grocery store to buy me a waterbottle and we got caught in a lot of rain. Then I called back home for about 2 hours which was 2 hours well spent because its going to be difficult calling home the next few weeks. Tomorrow I leave to live with my family in Berlin and work with the women´s organization. I am both excited and nervous. Excited because all these women sound amazing and they sound like they really want to be a part of their community for 10 weeks. Im nervous because Im not very confident with my Spanish and I have a feeling that Im going to have a very difficult time. Im ready to get out but its still frightening to think that there probably wont be anyone that will speak english to me for the next three weeks. I guess I am getting imerged into the culture. I think after this whole experience I am going to appreciate my very safe and modern life but I know I won´t forget the people I have met or the problems I have seen.