After training there was a graduation ceremony and we were officially sworn in by a representative of the US Embassy as Peace Corps Volunteers. I was assigned to the small village of Texiguat ....which is in one of the poorest areas of Honduras. It has a hot and arid climate and farmers are unable to grow corn....so they grow millet instead. There are some livestock but no pasture and cattle forage like goats to find what is edible. The town has dusty streets and while I was there no electricity. There was running water from a spring higher in elevation to houses in town. Away from town water had to be carried. Several small stores had kerosene refrigerators with cold sodas and beer.
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