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Figuring out My Community Project!

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Whoa! I cannot believe it is February. Already 6 months in my site and about 9 months total in Panama. Almost a year is approaching and I am finally speaking like a Panamanian (according to my community! They tell me everyday what great progress I have made and am learning quickly). My neighbors invited me to their softball game and play every Sunday. They started this league all on their own and the team (which are towns close to my community) will earn cash prizes! Though my community did not win this time, it was fun to watch them play and the community taxi driver test out his coaching skills! It is coffee harvesting season! One of my host families has converted their front patio in to a solar drying system. And I am excited that they have asked me to help them get piladors which will help increase the value of their coffee when they sell them to buyers! Hopefully during an anaylsis of community issues next week, this will be my main project I will be working on with my comm...