Ten Years In Paradise

Ten years ago today I arrived in Honduras as a Peace Corps Volunteer Aspirante. After a 3-month training period, I and my 50-member class that was trained at three different sites, became full-fledged PCVs, agents of the US State Department and assigned all over the country. After my two-year service requirement was complete I decided to remain in Honduras as a permanent resident. At the top left of the web page is a link to three chapters of a biographical memoir I am writing. The book’s title is Met The Nun: Lost My Heart. It is appropriately about the love that I found working as an English teacher, History teacher, mentor and counselor with a group of at-risk children of all ages. I have never regretted my choice; the experience has changed my life. I now live in peace, tranquility, and harmony with the children and my maker.

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About Fortunato Velasquez

Fortunato Velasquez received his Registered Nurse's license from the State of California during the month that Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. On February 15, 2020, my friend and the director of the Fundación Señor San José in La Paz, La Paz, Honduras, Sister Edith Suazo Fernandez died at the age of 47. https://youtu.be/Poqcf0vn0qQ This a video of her funeral.

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