Hola desde Paraguay!!
Pues, we are writing to you from the town of Ita, where we have come to use the internet and do some shopping. It´s way too expensive to call each one of you, so we have no choice but to hope you read this.
We arrived and so did all of our baggage, which was a most pleasant surprise. The flight was also really nice and we arrived excited but tired as it was an overnight flight. So far, everything is great. Chris and I have a very nice family consisting of our mother Jovita, father Manuel, sister Liz Claudia, and brothers Victor, Ricardo, and Arnoldo Ariel who are 18, 17, 15, and 4 respectively. Ariel is so cute and reminds me a lot of Hillary when he was that age. Our room is very nice and we are also fortunate to have a bathroom of our own. Our father is a bricklayer and our mother is a housewife. So far, we have not fallen ill.
Peace Corps training is going well so far but has mostly consisted of orientation and administrative stuff. We went only for a half day today, and we have tomorrow off to do stuff with our family and sleep in. We will probably go to church, play games such as volleyball, eat, and catch up on homework.
Things here that are a bit strange: There´s an electric device which heats our shower water that I´m slightly scared of, and we don´t drink any liquids with our meals until after we´re done (something about a belief that you don´t mix hot and cold food/fluids or something like that). Also, you wipe your mouth on a communal napkin or the tablecloth or nothing at all ;-). The mosquitos are not bad at all, but on the first night at our house, we did have a number of frogs inhabiting our room with us due to recent heavy rains. We are currently enjoying what is left of spring and it is not too hot YET.
By the way, I just finished taking photos of the local Caiman population at what appears to be something along the lines of a city park with a large pond, replete with children standing in the water fishing. If you don´t know what a Caiman is, think small crocodile averaging about 4 feet in length and sometimes larger. People gather at water´s edge and like to feed the creatures whom are mostly benign. However, it is still a strange sight to see. I will try to post pictures later, but as of yet have not figured out how to download them yet.
That about sums it up. We are both pleased so far with our decision to come here (so far), and the people are very warm and friendly. We miss you all and send our love.
We will write again as soon as the opportunity arises.
-Marissa and Chris
We arrived and so did all of our baggage, which was a most pleasant surprise. The flight was also really nice and we arrived excited but tired as it was an overnight flight. So far, everything is great. Chris and I have a very nice family consisting of our mother Jovita, father Manuel, sister Liz Claudia, and brothers Victor, Ricardo, and Arnoldo Ariel who are 18, 17, 15, and 4 respectively. Ariel is so cute and reminds me a lot of Hillary when he was that age. Our room is very nice and we are also fortunate to have a bathroom of our own. Our father is a bricklayer and our mother is a housewife. So far, we have not fallen ill.
Peace Corps training is going well so far but has mostly consisted of orientation and administrative stuff. We went only for a half day today, and we have tomorrow off to do stuff with our family and sleep in. We will probably go to church, play games such as volleyball, eat, and catch up on homework.
Things here that are a bit strange: There´s an electric device which heats our shower water that I´m slightly scared of, and we don´t drink any liquids with our meals until after we´re done (something about a belief that you don´t mix hot and cold food/fluids or something like that). Also, you wipe your mouth on a communal napkin or the tablecloth or nothing at all ;-). The mosquitos are not bad at all, but on the first night at our house, we did have a number of frogs inhabiting our room with us due to recent heavy rains. We are currently enjoying what is left of spring and it is not too hot YET.
By the way, I just finished taking photos of the local Caiman population at what appears to be something along the lines of a city park with a large pond, replete with children standing in the water fishing. If you don´t know what a Caiman is, think small crocodile averaging about 4 feet in length and sometimes larger. People gather at water´s edge and like to feed the creatures whom are mostly benign. However, it is still a strange sight to see. I will try to post pictures later, but as of yet have not figured out how to download them yet.
That about sums it up. We are both pleased so far with our decision to come here (so far), and the people are very warm and friendly. We miss you all and send our love.
We will write again as soon as the opportunity arises.
-Marissa and Chris
posted by Marissa & Christopher Updike @ 1:20 PM
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