About 9:00 Rosemary came. Rosemary is one of our students who had a scholarship through high school, now English school, and will start college in Jan. The scholarship is thanks to a family in New York. She couldn't start college until Jan. so we thought going to English school on Saturdays was a good thing to do. She says she enjoys it. Virginia and I worked with Rosemary on making jewelry. I had brought down a lot of beads and Virginia is a designer so we thought we could handle helping her. Rosemary works very fast and is very bright so she caught on quickly. She has a good eye for color so was quickly designing her own. We wanted Rosemary to learn to bead so she can have an income while going to college. We will pay her for making the jewelry and then sell it back home. Rosemary is the one who has 3 disabled sisters so right now she takes care of them during the week and beading is something she can do at home. Virginia has been checking around to find groups or families who make beads or do the silver findings. She says she thinks she has found an area of the country that does this so she is going to check this out. She reminded me that I should be staying an extra month because she has new groups with new products she wants me to meet. We did our work on the top floor of the centre and it was beautiful. It was sunny and warm and we had lots of light.

In the afternoon I packed up my things because we are going to the mountains for five days. I am taking my lap top because all of the information I need is on it for working with this group, so... I don't have much room for clothes. It is rainy season so I need a change of shoes and rain gear.. I pack things in my computer bag and take another small backpack. Virginia and I leave and go to her house which is closer to the bus stop for tomorrow morning. It has started to rain. It is really pleasant at Virginia's. They live in the country in a small house that they built and the scenery is beautiful. I am staying in a small house up the hill from hers. It is two stories with the kitchen and bath on the bottom and the bedroom on top.

Staying in the bedroom is like staying in a tree house. It is on a hill surrounded by trees and overlooks the mountains. The rain however doesn't stop.....Virginia said we will be lucky to get to Comotancillo tomorrow and hopefully there won't be any mud slides. She said there has already been a couple. Comotancillo was hit pretty hard last year when Hurricane Stan went through and they still haven't been able to repair homes. That is one of the things we are going to look at.