I’m sure you’ve all heard by now about the terrible 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile earlier this morning. I was looking at the information on the United States Geological Survey site and thought it was worth posting. As of 2:30 PM February 27th, there are 59 earthquakes that have occurred in the past 24 hours. We received a warning from Peace Corps Guatemala about a potential tsunami on the Pacific coast. Thankfully we’re safe from ocean-based threats up here in the highlands

More can be read about the main 8.8 earthquake here.

Our camera is out of commission, at least until I figure out what’s going on with it. So no new picture updates for a bit. Everything’s going well, we’re soldiering on with work in a new community and I’m studying for my CCENT certification after passing my A+ exam this past week while Sarah was in the Peace Corps office for a meeting.

It’s hard to believe that in four months we’ll be closing down shop in our town and getting ready to start new lives in the States all over again! How time flies…

For those of you following the blog, you may remember that I started a small computer lab project working with Don Livingston from Computers for Guatemala, funded with donations from family and friends. My Health Center director, the program manager of “Healthy Adolescents”, and I went to go pick up the computers almost six months ago only to find that they did not have keyboards or mice. After a few months of scrounging around for supplies and going through my stuff back in the United States, we finally got the lab up and running. Unfortunately it didn’t get much use because we finished getting everything set up right as the school year was ending. The 2010 school year is scheduled to start in our area next Monday, so I plan on spending the majority of these last few months here serving as a lab monitor and instructor for all of the students that come in.

Images of the lab in the next week or so… stay tuned!