September 24, 2009
Carol in the park
First- about the political situation. It sounds like the cities are not a good place to be these days. Curfews still in effect and as far as we can tell, the airports are still closed. Businesses are being looted and it sounds like there are demonstrations. The people that I have spoken to here in Copan just want the situation resolved. The “hit” that tourism has taken here has a tremendous impact on the local economy. The café owner next door says that the last three months has crippled them and that another two months will kill half the businesses in Copan. It is so sad that so much grief can be caused by situations people have no control over. They just wait to see what is next.
The conference that I am here to attend, starts today with decreased numbers of participants. I wonder how many people haven’t been able to get here.
Today, Ellen and I are going to arrange for the local Doctora to spend a day or two at El Malcote examining the children and dealing with any medical situations they have. I am going to fund her visit and the World Vision medical program person will accompany her to the community. I only wish I could go as I really want to learn more about the skin diseases here. Perhaps another time.