http://rossandmel.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:31:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I wanted to write a quick post to update everyone on our projects and to let everyone know they can check out the pictures on the side link. The computer lab is now up and running. The ministry of education ended up matching our donation of 10 computers and adding an ... http://rossandmel.com/?p=103 What kind of work do you do? This is probably the most common question I receive as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Family, friends, people in El Salvador or anywhere else I find myself, almost everyone asks this question. Unfortunately, I really don’t have a straight answer. The best ... http://rossandmel.com/?p=102 Happy Thanksgiving!!!   I know we are terrible at updating the blog so I thought I could at least upload recent pictures. One of the albums is of the recent mudslides here in El Salvador. The other album is of pictures of graduation and the scholarship winners. Ross is in ... http://rossandmel.com/?p=101   Construction has concluded and here are a few pictures of the new and improved school. $217,000 later, welcome to the new centro escolar.   Before picture of the center of the school:     After picture of the center of the school:     Before picture of the outside of the library:   After picture of the ... http://rossandmel.com/?p=88 I have updated the photo links to the pictures on facebook! All of the pictures are under the title links on the right side of the page. You should now be able to see all of our pictures even if you don't have a facebook account. I also added pictures ... http://rossandmel.com/?p=86   On March 28th I attended a World Cup Qualifying soccer game between El Salvador and the United States. It was quite possibly the most interesting and exciting experience I have had to date in country. The following post will give you a little background information to better understand ... http://rossandmel.com/?p=83 The quinceañera is the celebration of a young girl’s fifteenth birthday but it means so much more than turning fifteen, it signifies her transformation into womanhood. The quinceañera is not only a Latino tradition; some cultural equivalents include the Bar Mitzvah for Jewish boys and girls, the sweet ... http://rossandmel.com/?p=76 Lets talk about alcohol and El Salvador…shall we? There is only one mindset about drinking in El Salvador, at least here in the campo anyway. If you are seen drinking, you are obviously drunk. If you are drunk, you must be that way all the time, there for a beer ... http://rossandmel.com/?p=75 So you know when you were a little kid and your crazy uncle used to steal your nose at every family event? Did you ever think it was real? I mean did you ever freak out or cry because you thought your nose had really been stolen? I have been ... http://rossandmel.com/?p=65 In case you were wondering…Yes, Santa Claus does come to El Salvador. This being one of the many Christmas traditions our cultures do share. However that is not to say that Christmas in El Salvador is just like it is at home in the States, there are many differences as ... http://rossandmel.com/?p=60