After a very long journey which included American Airlines putting us in a hotel for 12 hours in the middle of the day and the best shower of my life, we finally arrived in Asuncion on Thursday night, June 1 at around 12 a.m. We stayed at a retreat center for the night and then went to the training center in Guarambare on Friday morning. We spent the day dealing with logistics, such as shots, getting books issued to us, and getting some moola. Then we spent the afternoon in sessions and language interviews and such.
We met our families in Ita (about 25 km from Guarambare) that night. Mine is amazing. Mom and Dad are 38 and the girls are 10 and 3. They are fun and loud and crazy just like my own family. There are always a million people coming and going and around the kitchen table. It´s great.
We train from 8 to 5 every day with a 1 hour break for lunch, which we go home to eat with the family. My house is about a 10 minute walk from the CAPICI where we train. I walk with two other volunteers who live right near me. At night, we have been out twice to the Donna, a local bar for beers. Next Saturday morning, June 10 is the first Paraguay game in the World Cup. Looking forward to that.
There´s WAY more, but i don´t have time to post it all right now. I will tell you more later. I am really pretty happy. No worries.
1 comment:
hi friend...congrats on being there, enjoying your time and meeting fantastic new people. i'm definitely jealous of you being there and having a great experience. much love and missing. enjoy, be safe, and keep us all updated.
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