On Wednesday at the hostel, the host families and host agencies came to pick up their volunteers. My host mom came along with representatives from one of my internships, Los Pepitos. My friend Claire is also headed to Chinendega, and her host mom and my host mom are sisters. After each volunteer presented himself, the program directors sent us to our host families. Claire and I have to drive with our host moms to our town which is 45 mins away. When I got to my house I met my host brother, Pablo and my host nephew, Bryan. They are both very quiet but very nice. My host mom's daughter lives next-door to us with her family. There is also a little girl named Margarita who is 5 and she is very sweet. She and I draw together a lot. She gives me lots of hugs and spends a lot of time with me which makes me feel really good. My host mom is also very nice and welcoming. I am a bit scared that I am going to do something that in my culture would be socially acceptable but in this culture is not, thus causing a problem with the family. I have this fear because they are such nice people.
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