If you haven't already heard, on Sunday morning, the president of Honduras was arrested by the Honduran Military, taken from the presidential palace in his pajamas and deported to Costa Rica. Since I'm not in Honduras yet, I can't comment on the situation on the ground. For that, you can check out BBC News' Americas section.

However, I am able to comment on the current status of Honduras 15, the Peace Corps group with which I will be serving in Honduras. Staging will still be held tomorrow in Miami, as scheduled. The big change of plans is where we will be going after staging. Instead of heading straight to Honduras to begin the first part of training, we will be heading off to the Dominican Republic in order to start our language training. While we are there, the Peace Corps will monitor and asses the political situation in Honduras. There is not a date in which we will leave for Honduras, but the Peace Corps office estimates that we will spend around three weeks in the DR at a location that has not been announced as of Monday afternoon. As of this time, the Peace Corps office has stated that they fully expect Honduras 15 to serve in Honduras.

I will be sure to let everyone know as much as I can after staging tomorrow, when I am given more information. For now I will be looking over some information on the DR and making final preparations to leave the country for over two years. I hope that the situation in Honduras works itself out peacefully. While I am extremely excited to be able to see another country and spend a good amount of time there, I am anxious to get to Honduras and learn about my new home. I suppose this is one of the reasons why the Peace Corps states that volunteers should be as flexible as possible, because you never know when a coup d'état on Sunday will send you to the Dominican Republic on Wednesday.