My community´s ADESCO (sort of a formal community council or less formal town hall) just had their elections. I say just had, but the elections actually took about two months to complete. So I should say they just got finished with elections. The former president passed away unexpectedly a few months back, and rather than replacing him immediately the group decided to wait until the rest of the directiva (secretary, treasurer, etc.) were up for reelection. For the first time in the history of Cacahuatalejo, women now hold significant positions within the directiva. Young people are beginning to fill roles that have remained stagnant for some time. Many of the new members are those that have been doing the work for the last few years anyway, since those that were sitting on the board before were respected older community members that couldn´t read or write. Hopefully this will open some doors for my participation as well. I´ll leave it at that, as I´m in no mood right now to make predictions.

I had the chance to eat one grand, delicious cucumber, sprinkled with salt just off the vine before the plants whithered. I don´t know what happened. I leave for two nights and they´re lush and green. Two days later they look like weeds. They´re on life support now, and i´m personally executing any bug that i find within their leaves between my fingers. My friend Louise came over to help with the rescue. She´s a painfully positive person, but i knew hope was fading when we were working on the cucumbers and all she talked about was how nice the tomatoes looked. People passing on the street tell me that the cucumbers look great, which is disconcerting because now I know they are comfortable lying to me.

The computers should be arriving soon. Will be good to see a bit of effort pay off. The classroom that we built is almost done, so right now I´m just crossing my fingers on that one.

Ah, sio much more, but I´m out of time. Something new and a bit more refreshing next time I promise. Salud!