Erika has been in contact with me consistently for about a week, trying to cheer me up after she heard I was robbed. At 5 a.m. she sent a message saying the wall of her house fell down.
Unfortunately, this is a common problem in Los Pinos. The mountains are steep and the material used to build homes is often whatever the people scavenge in the street. These poorly constructed homes perched on the side of a mountain, in an area that receives heavy rainfall, really don't stand a chance.
Turned out it wasn't a wall of the house itself. It was the retaining wall that keeps the house from falling down the mountain. So now she is very sad and worried that the house will fall.
Her neighbors are building a house below and excavated all the earth that was keeping the retaining wall (and the house) in place.
She and her boyfriend went to the Alcaldia, which is like the mayor's office, to see if they could get help. The sad thing is that I'm sure half of Los Pinos needs help today. We've had lots of rain, but none this heavy for a long period of time. It rained for about 10 hours last night.
Fany's house is flooded. Although the sun came out 6 hours ago, there is still water dripping from her ceiling. I am blessed. I only have two leaks and neither is big.
The wooden slats are Erika's house:
I woke up with a fever last night which has now turned into a sore throat and stuffy nose. I'm drinking liquids and waiting for it to pass. All of my coworkers had this last week. They will tell me to take antibiotics. They took antibiotics for one day and they believe the medicine caused it to go away. I am really concerned about the manner the people here take antibiotics. One day an infection is going to come through Honduras and I will be the only person left standing because everyone else will be immune to antibiotics. I don't understand why there is not more education on this topic.
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