First of all...our monitor died at my house--we think it got hit by lightning, so I won´t be on as often. And I wrote this entry on the 5th. Be prepared for a long entry! My family here is awesome!Not that I don´t miss mine back home, but...I got very lucky. I live in San Juan Norte. My host dad, Arturo, is a farmer, and my host mom, Nani, stays at home. I have two sisters--Cindy, 20 and Yuliana, 16--and two brothers--Jorge, 14 and Yeisson, 8. Families are huge here--in both size and importance. Everywhere we go, they point out hou7ses of aunts and uncles. Yuli told me that Nnai has 8 siblings and Arturo, 14. And I thought Karen had a big family! I had a tour of the farm the secodn day I was
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