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Jennifer Suh writes...about her experience while volunteering in Honduras.Natividad's family had the greatest impact on me during my stay in Honduras. Their hospitality and graciousness touched my heart. It was enlightening to see how different his lifestyle was from that of my host family, who only lived a 30-minute drive away from each other. Natividad and his family lived in very simple home with no technology, electricity, or running water. Their children would run in the forests and fields, free and barefoot, playing with other children from nearby homes, and offering their help to us whenever they could. Natividad's wife, Maria Esperanza, would cook lunch for us everyday, making fresh tortillas from corn field nearby, and cheese from the milk of their cow. The sense of community and solidarity within the Lenca community was very strong-they all seemed like one large family. It was amazing to see how the two families lived happily in their own ways. When working with Natividad, I was reminded of the statistic that 53% of Hondurans live under the poverty line. Natividad was definitely one of that 53%, but he was happy: he loved his home, the mountains and trees, and had no desire to move to La Esperanza, where his family would what many of us consider household necessities like showers and televisions. Natividad not wish for any more than he had because he had what he needed, and that was one of the most important things I learned while I was there: his family taught me to distinguish between the necessities and privileges in my own life. |
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Climb Everest In October 2006 you have the opportunity to raise money for the Nepali Children's Fund. We're climbing the Base Camp of Mount Everest and you have the opportunity to join us.