TEN pounds gained from binging on chocolate. We are accepting more.

NINE Staff members. I know, there are only 6 here. But they are 6 supervisors very happy with their new routes, which were, of course, determined by throwing paper airplanes.

EIGHT Nalgenes in the freezer. There is nothing more AMIGOS....

SEVEN tiny packets of rice. But we ate all the rice so there's no picture. Shoot me.

SIX cots in one room. High end accommodations.   

FIVE games of Bananagrams.

FOUR pairs of Chacos by the door. Competition for best tan line starts now.

THREE 5-Gallon bottles of water. 6 Supervisors who still need to learn how to use the water pump.

TWO Bathrooms. You do the math. That's no bueno. (But better than last year)

ONE 2011 La Paz Staff House. Nothing compares to our staff house palace.

Rachel Gittinger is the 2011 Project Director in La Paz, Honduras. She recently finished a Kiva Fellowship with Fundación Mujer, where she worked on microfinance projects with women entrepreneurs in Costa Rica.

Rachel joined AMIGOS in 2005 as a Volunteer in the DR. She returned in 2009 as a Project Supervisor in Nicaragua. She is excited to return this year for her second year as Project Director in La Paz.