tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65381128960844733992024-03-16T00:08:44.527-07:00Getting Flinntimate with the local Guays.The thoughts and ramblings of an Agricultural Extensionist for the Peace Corps in Paraguay.Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538112896084473399.post-84763404225559656272013-12-07T08:55:00.001-08:002013-12-07T09:10:35.695-08:00Teeth<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkr0Zmbt9fDVCbynM-YiV2EoVIqYvIYQ8OcdQJn_-FFMAE-18S7Axt6nKOTLEG8te5ZOrOc5hF1JvtnGkmFP669fYUvFwZ9XXtvmH8KFcnJSJ9l-gomNIbW6OY5s4YCMlVt272LtjU6Kf/s640/blogger-image--1589235316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkr0Zmbt9fDVCbynM-YiV2EoVIqYvIYQ8OcdQJn_-FFMAE-18S7Axt6nKOTLEG8te5ZOrOc5hF1JvtnGkmFP669fYUvFwZ9XXtvmH8KFcnJSJ9l-gomNIbW6OY5s4YCMlVt272LtjU6Kf/s640/blogger-image--1589235316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItelEIyVcErfnYMEBhVhqa_BoNx80yfvSGELLuaBVfpNV2lHvC_xtF266AN5rKc8jDiv1BgBmSYx1c4FsBzf9B6rypbktrY9I-BpVFlYTJ0ZoLIQ96KIaOlcaIadQ1r4hCFqtNLzw3A_h/s640/blogger-image--932335842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiItelEIyVcErfnYMEBhVhqa_BoNx80yfvSGELLuaBVfpNV2lHvC_xtF266AN5rKc8jDiv1BgBmSYx1c4FsBzf9B6rypbktrY9I-BpVFlYTJ0ZoLIQ96KIaOlcaIadQ1r4hCFqtNLzw3A_h/s640/blogger-image--932335842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span></font><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">One thing that my time in Paraguay taught me is that Americans are obsessed with teeth. I always knew that I valued straight white teeth but it was not until I became acclimated to life in Paraguay that I realized the rest of the world does not, or possibly cannot, place such a high value on cosmetic dentistry. Paraguay is no exception. </span></p></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Going to the dentist, even brushing your teeth with tooth paste, is considered to be a luxury activity. My 71 year old host mother does not own a tooth brush, and never has. Often you will see children with black teeth and terrible cavities, they do not go to the dentist until the only affordable option is to pull the tooth. Having all of your teeth is a huge status symbol. Aside from my ‘blonde’ hair my most commented on feature in Paraguay was my teeth. Paraguayans were constantly asking how many teeth I had, if they were all my original teeth, and how I managed to keep them into my twenties. These are questions we do not even think about asking in America.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I realized early on in my service that I wanted to help teach Paraguayan children the importance of dental care. Although it is too late to try and change the habits of Na Julia, the majority of Paraguayan children in my community wanted to learn how to keep their teeth. I told my family early on of my intention to teach in the school and they said that I should find a way to hand out tooth brushes. It was not until the last month in my service that I finally had everything in order: tooth brushes, individual flossers, tooth paste, huge model teeth, and a huge model tooth brush.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The tooth brushes and floss were all generously donated from my family dentist, Dr. Pascaner. She has been our family dentist for the past 10 or so years and was very supportive of my desire to join the Peace Corps. She worried slightly since the water in Paraguay does not have fluoride and I have cavity prone teeth but for the most part knew that I would come back 27 months later after having a fantastic adventure. My Dad told her of my intention to give a lecture series at the school and she jumped at the opportunity to help.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In total the dental lecture was given to 20 Paraguayans. This may not seem like a large number but my site only has around 30 children. Each child practiced proper brushing techniques on the model teeth, learned what foods to avoid, and discussed proper oral hygiene. Everyone that received a tooth brush commented on what a nice brand they were (colgate) and how they could never afford these tooth brushes. Although colgate tooth brushes only cost around $3 to $5 in Paraguay that price is not realistic for subsistence farmers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">It is an interesting experience watching as the younger generations in Paraguay being to put a higher value on things like oral hygiene. Things are beginning to change in Paraguay and although development work is slow I am very pleased that I was able to play a small role in helping these kids develop habits that will benefit them throughout their lives. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjUV6khUywutZc1Y4nYOY-4Z_ysIPLoRCako_dKVv5JaNDLk0j9_3i1lqFJrrZ2a1Tp7LwZc5BQ08nIuA1GpaK6lAJeOUgVueXEIi1YQXgSs2pUs1IoTU1G2QzaBq60XrIjgFjuqJ_EWM/s640/blogger-image-1948445895.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjUV6khUywutZc1Y4nYOY-4Z_ysIPLoRCako_dKVv5JaNDLk0j9_3i1lqFJrrZ2a1Tp7LwZc5BQ08nIuA1GpaK6lAJeOUgVueXEIi1YQXgSs2pUs1IoTU1G2QzaBq60XrIjgFjuqJ_EWM/s640/blogger-image-1948445895.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUx8jxmLQJRGANdrPOemqJ_IMeu5Bj0MfhFmd63K5uygysSL01vW96hCCgLRS2TF4sOYcNpC5mUGmHvAG2uamOlp9Npxwrsq2xX5GLTsGBENse_lBd9RwElhmkfrtS9h9DLoGktDnf8sv/s640/blogger-image--1799121306.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUx8jxmLQJRGANdrPOemqJ_IMeu5Bj0MfhFmd63K5uygysSL01vW96hCCgLRS2TF4sOYcNpC5mUGmHvAG2uamOlp9Npxwrsq2xX5GLTsGBENse_lBd9RwElhmkfrtS9h9DLoGktDnf8sv/s640/blogger-image--1799121306.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kW6OLToX-mcMTHbX7lSrPAYVwnSwOn9Bna4qHaykYXi3Ha5_sbCV6G2uJjpz8eas5pYIqcItDBVAMnjc5b7gLc969K1VxLW7Jp5P-d8uThyphenhyphen-WXlsG3DZEm5E6Mm0h4UO1cMVzlYiDPGt/s640/blogger-image--1741533303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kW6OLToX-mcMTHbX7lSrPAYVwnSwOn9Bna4qHaykYXi3Ha5_sbCV6G2uJjpz8eas5pYIqcItDBVAMnjc5b7gLc969K1VxLW7Jp5P-d8uThyphenhyphen-WXlsG3DZEm5E6Mm0h4UO1cMVzlYiDPGt/s640/blogger-image--1741533303.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1RacCILcX-d8t4jgTRKcfjNpChWMlN0G8QeXQ5dw_GyLT6y1TpwVpXEyHUjg2si_hmdVIfWFFTLLZsTKShWiostvhrtsQ55yh9CTczSiH-poZr4dRw8r8HWCtu-a4NnEmliJvJw3GidS/s640/blogger-image--1356380057.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1RacCILcX-d8t4jgTRKcfjNpChWMlN0G8QeXQ5dw_GyLT6y1TpwVpXEyHUjg2si_hmdVIfWFFTLLZsTKShWiostvhrtsQ55yh9CTczSiH-poZr4dRw8r8HWCtu-a4NnEmliJvJw3GidS/s640/blogger-image--1356380057.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br><p></p>Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538112896084473399.post-71437622899613829642013-11-21T11:34:00.003-08:002013-11-21T11:34:39.904-08:00The Day of Souls > Wrecking Ball
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Halloween is not really a thing in Paraguay. The candy
companies are trying to make it happen by sending down themed candy and
promoting trick or treating but let me tell you right now nestle… it’s a lost
cause. Paraguayans (keep in mind I am speaking for the people in my community)
do call October 31 witches day. What this means is that throughout the day they
playfully insult one another by saying congratulations and happy witch day. I
did my best to explain the candy and trick or treating but it never really made
sense to them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One thing I did notice from Paraguay (although I am writing
this from the comfort of my bedroom in my parent’s home in Powder Springs, more
on that in later blogs), is that people in America seem to be into the “<span>Día<span style="color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> de </span>Muertos</span>”
or day of the dead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although this day
falls on Halloween it is more about honoring the dead than begging strangers
for candy and seeing if you can still pull off the slutty cop look.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Paraguay’s version of day of the dead falls on November
2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The name my host mom gave me is “The
day of souls” but I have heard there are other common names.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This year it happened to fall on a Saturday
and I was invited to join the family at the cemetery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man who would have been my host father,
Na Julia’s husband for 50 plus years, died 1 year before I arrived in the
community and the family was heading to the cemetery to pay their respects. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Na Julia, Lourdes, Solidad (my host cousin, she’s 21), and I
all piled into a taxi and drove the 6 miles to the cemetery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once we got there we walked past all of the
grave sites to the final resting place of Na Julia’s husband.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent the next half hour cleaning the
grave and rearranging flowers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A candle
was lit and we said a prayer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Next we
moved to the grave of Na Julia’s son, he died 11 years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was around 40 when he passed away from
what I believe was a brain aneurism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
am not positive because my host mother just told me he dropped dead in front of
the house one day and no one knows why.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
is not uncommon for people to be unsure about a person’s cause of death,
especially if it happened years ago. Tests and autopsies are expensive and
often a spiritual or cultural justification is given.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once we finished cleaning his grave and
changing the flowers we just hung out. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We stayed at the graves for around 3 hours, and really the
idea was just to spend time with them. To me it seemed like a really nice
tradition. There were a lot of Paraguayans all visiting loved ones and some
brought soda and snacks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They spent the
day greeting each other and spending time at the graves of loved ones that they
had lost. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After we spent time with the graves of the immediate family
members we went to find Na Julia’s father’s grave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He died around 50 years of tuberculosis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His grave was interesting because his brother
had been buried on top of him around 10 years after he was buried. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We visited with other family members that
happened to be at the cemetery, and then we returned to the original graves to
say goodbye one last time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In my opinion this is a much better holiday than
Halloween.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paraguayans spend the day
remembering loved ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oddly, it is not
a day full of tears.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a day where
you sit around the graves of loved ones and have conversations as you normally
would.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is as if you are filling them
in on what they have missed in the past year and to me that is far more special
than dressing like a half-naked Miley Cyrus on a wrecking ball.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lourdes cleaning her father's grave.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Na Julia visiting her husband</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Na Julia's father and Uncle</td></tr>
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Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538112896084473399.post-47247462998735276362013-11-06T15:00:00.000-08:002013-11-06T15:00:53.952-08:00Bee careful what you wish for... <br />
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The most important update in my life is that a certain woman
who birthed me is going to come to Paraguay!!! I sent a sad, sad email to all
of my family hoping that someone would take pity on me and help me leave
Paraguay and lucky for me my mother agreed to come celebrate my birthday and
bring me home! As the date (rapidly) approaches I am beginning to realize how
grateful I am that my Mom is willing to do this. Not only will she get to see
my home for the past 2 years but she will also get to rip me from Na Julia’s
chubby arms as I say farewell to Valois Rivarola and the people there. Now on
to my service…</div>
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The past few months have been very busy for me, which is a
good thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have been working with my
women’s group to take care of the chickens, raise money, and plant trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have made chipa and bread this month and
we have also planted over 100 trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Half
of my women’s group got together last week and we made our first batch of
homemade chicken feed! There was some drama with the group because in order to
get the fodderer properly installed we had to pay 170.000gs ($40 or so) to the
electrician.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many of the women believed
that the money should be put toward purchasing more chicken feed but I put my
foot down and ultimately acted as group Dictator, insisting we install the
fodderer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first batch turned out
great! We made around 80 pounds of feed and the fodderer worked great! Thanks
again to anyone who donated to the project making all of this possible!</div>
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So far out of the 200 chicks purchased only 5 have died.
That is both good and bad news. It is good because chickens, Yay!!! It is bad
news because I had anticipated around 40 chicks dying and increased the amount
purchased in order to make up for the deaths. Since only 5 have died the women
have more chicks to feed than originally anticipated. The women have been doing
a good job of taking care of the extra chicks because all of them look great!
They are around 35 days old and loving their chicken coops!</div>
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I also attempted to assist in the training of the new group
of Agricultural volunteers which was a huge disaster. I am serious, it was
awful. I have wanted to be invited in to help train a new group for as long as
I have been a volunteer. It just seems like such a fun experience to share
knowledge and get to interact with the new trainees fresh from America. When I
was invited to train in Small Animal Husbandry I was thrilled! Not only have I
been doing a chicken coop project, but I also have 4 chickens of my own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should have known it was too good to be
true. Due to a scheduling error I ended up getting switched, I was now in
charge of beekeeping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although I am not
as confident beekeeping, I was still thrilled!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, this training would be for 2 days, instead of just 1! </div>
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The plan was for me to arrive at the training center on
Friday morning with Mel, the third year volunteer coordinator for the Agriculture
sector.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From there we would go to the
agricultural school and fill up three jars with bees. Then we would go to the
training communities and sting each volunteer with a bee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That afternoon we were to give a lecture on
beekeeping and answer any questions. The next day, Saturday, we were going back
to the agriculture school to work bees with all of the trainees – simple,
right? Nope. </div>
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When Mel and I got to the agricultural school, along with 2
other ladies, Joanna and Zahrina, we had a very casual and cocky attitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe I might have uttered the statement
“this ain’t my first rodeo”. Mel, as confident as I, insisted that we did not
need to bring smoke to the boxes (*always bring smoke when working bees.
Always).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hesitated since it was a
cloudy day and the last time I worked bees on a cloudy day I had been stung
around 10 times, but Mel’s confidence gave me the courage I needed to push
through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The four of us arrived at the
boxes and Mel and I got to work. Using my leatherman we began to remove panels
trying to shove the bees into the jars. By the time we got the third panel out
all hell broke loose. The bees were LIVID. I mean it, they were bees on
steroids and they did not want us there. They began to attack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They somehow sensed that in my cockiness I
had worn tall, thin socks and began viciously attacking my ankles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also learned that Joanna had not tucked
her shirt in and entered inside of her veil to attack her head. We lasted
around 3 more minutes before running out of there – panels still out,
leatherman forgotten, and box still open. </div>
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We spent the next half hour running around like idiots.
Trying to shake the bees, still getting stung, and generally just miserable. I
must give a shout out to Joanna, it was her first time beekeeping and she
managed to keep her cool with 20 or so bees inside her veil. I have no idea how
she did not freak out and cry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Once the bees were somewhat under control we decided to go
back in, this time with smoke. Exactly the same thing happened, only this time
Mel was brave enough to close the boxes back up before we ran out. By the time
we returned to the car we were completely defeated. We collected 0 bees and
were each stung approximately 50 times. </div>
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My afternoon lecture with the new group was cancelled
because they were worried that no one would want to work bees after seeing how
swollen Mel and I were.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also
cancelled the bee work the next day, assuming that the bees would be just as
angry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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That was my one and only attempt that training and it was a
HUGE failure. I never got to interact with the trainees and my feet were so
swollen that I had trouble walking for the next few days. Mel looked into it
and later informed me that that Paraguay had an earthquake the day we ‘worked’
the bees. It was a level 4 earthquake and apparently enough to enrage all of
the nearby bees. Since then she and another volunteer have successfully stung
all of the trainees and given the lectures without me. My time in Paraguay is
coming to an end and it looks like I won’t ever get to teach the new kids but I
guess that’s better than being remembered as the dumb volunteer who didn’t know
better than to enter an apiary without smoke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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That’s all I’ve got for you guys for this Paraguay update. I
do not plan to continue blogging from the States, so we are coming to the end
of our time together. Keep an eye out for my last few blogs. I am sure they
will start to get sappy and emotional in the very near future!</div>
Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538112896084473399.post-33395523355582115592013-10-13T04:43:00.000-07:002013-10-13T04:43:04.979-07:00Vignette<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<![endif]-->My boss asked me to write a vignette so send to Peace Corps Washington, since I already wrote it I am now using it as a blog! Here you go: <br />
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When I first received my site
placement I was filled with a mixture of emotions: excitement, nervousness, and
awe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was it, the moment that my 10
weeks of training had led to, I was going to visit my new home for the next two
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As all new volunteers do my
friends and I quickly began comparing site placements and it was only then that
a new emotion entered my mind, intimidation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All of my friends had been placed in sites at least twice the size of
mine, many with existing groups awaiting their arrival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was heading to Valois Rivarola, population
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My first year in site was spent
getting to know families and building important relationships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I quickly learned that the small town, like
most small towns, loved gossip and did not believe in their ability to work
well with one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was told time
and time again that committees and groups were pointless because they would not
accomplish anything.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Year two I decided
it was time to prove them wrong. I went house to house inviting everyone to an
interest meeting about forming a committee. I was met with doubt and in some
cases full on laughter when I stated my intentions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The meeting resulted in a small women’s group
forming, with 11 official members. Together we received governmental
recognition on the local and departmental level as well as implemented a
sustainable egg production project. With help from a Peace Corps Partnership
grant 8 chicken coops were built and each family received 25 chicks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The group met every two weeks for
over six months before implementing the project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meetings involved lectures on various topics,
brainstorming possible projects, as well as fund raising.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each family is in charge of growing corn and
beans in order to make their own homemade chicken feed to reduce costs and
increase the sustainability of the project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While watching the project take effect it has been amazing to view the
impact in more than just the physical sense, the nontangible results.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The women not only received physical
assistance from the Peace Corps Partnership grant but also a sense of
empowerment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This project has given them
a new potential form of income allowing them to provide for their families in
new ways. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The group has also requested
tree saplings, as well as seed, from a local source to help prevent
deforestation and to replace the trees cut down in order to build their chicken
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The women now look forward to
meeting every two weeks and want to rewrite their constitution to strengthen
the group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are considering opening
the group to include other members of the community, the naysayers who now wish
to join after seeing the project’s success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This project means more to the community than just a few chicken coops;
it is an example of how they can band together and make positive impacts on
their lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My hope is that they
continue to work together, expanding the group to include more members of the
community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As my two years of service
come to a close I cannot help but be thankful that I was placed in such a small
community; although my impact may not be much in terms of numbers and raw data
I know that it has had a huge influence on the lives of the members of this
community. </div>
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<![endif]-->I currently feel like I am sprinting, full speed ahead down
the back of the mountain that is my Peace Corps Service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will officially close my Service on
November 15, and the new group of Agriculture volunteers arrives in country on
September 27.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is terrifying,
exhilarating, nauseating, and confusing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am terrified of the unknown that lurks in America.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The changes that have taken place while I
spent the last two years bucket bathing and learning how to milk cows seem to
be waiting just around the corner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
blog was meant to be my “So you want to join the Peace Corps” blog but it has
morphed into something else so here it is:<br />
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I would first like to say that, regardless of whether or not
you join the Peace Corps, you should never, ever tell a returned volunteer that
you “thought about joining the Peace Corps”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just about everyone in the world considered being a marine biologist and
a vet at some point in their childhood, but do they tell every vet they meet
that they thought about doing it too?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No. This may seem uncaring but I do not care that you considered joining
the Peace Corps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t do it,
that’s fine just keep it to yourself.</div>
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When I began applying to the Peace Corps I had no idea what
to expect. I had been studying Spanish in college and wanted an opportunity to
improve my language.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was also worried
that I would get a job and pick a town and never leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where is the fun in that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where is the adventure? I do not consider
myself to be a very adventurous person but I knew that I wanted to do something
big.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There also was some first world
guilt thrown in there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During my study
abroad experience in Argentina I wrote a research paper on a welfare program
and was able to visit and interview different families living with essentially
nothing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The biggest money crisis of my
life had been my mother forcing me to wear a hand-me-down dress to homecoming,
oh the shame! A part of me felt that I did not appreciate everything life had
given me, everything my parents have worked to give me, I felt that Peace Corps
would teach me to be truly thankful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Did I learn what I set out to learn? Am I a Spanish master
who can return to America and never again feel guilty swiping a credit card and
paying $6 for a coffee? Absolutely not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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My Spanish is now interlaced with random words of Guarani
and typical Paraguayan phrases, such as “un poco” (a little).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of asking someone to “come here”, I
now say “come here a little”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not
use proper tenses and I make up words or just use my hands to gesture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am absolutely effective with my community
and received an “advanced high” rating on my language exam but I have lost any
semblance of professionalism that my Spanish once held. </div>
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My first world guilt has only risen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used to be aware that I had it easy, in the
sense that you are aware that it is cold in Alaska.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two years in Paraguay is like going to Alaska,
getting frost bite on your toes and trying to explain the sensation to
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They nod their head and make the
appropriate “ouch” face but they do not get it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unless they get frost bite too, they never will.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find myself listening to friends and family
(sorry guys) complain about their lives and I nod my head and respond in the
appropriate manner but inside I am screaming “IT DOESN’T MATTER”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are bigger issues in the world, your
wifi speed is absolutely irrelevant. </div>
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I know that after a few months back home I will return to
caring about a lot of these things too but Peace Corps has taught me something
invaluable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I now understand some things
just are not important in the grand scheme of things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not have a car when I get back, my
neighbor does not have direct access to potable water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has to rely on the kindness of another
neighbor, who lives a half mile away, to share their well water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not only does she have to walk multiple times
a day to get water but she also has to worry about maintaining the friendship
in order to provide her family with drinking water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I can live without a car. </div>
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This is what Peace Corps has done for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is liberating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I often find myself stressing out about what
awaits me in America and then I stop. I have a place to stay and access to food
and water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not naïve in thinking
that I am now above having petty problems or that I will live an altruistic
life, free of selfish indulgences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
fully aware that I will return to America and binge on food and culture until
my brain and stomach hurt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am just
thankful that now when I do allow myself to be bogged down by life’s challenges
that I can think back to my little rural Paraguayan town and appreciate how
good I really have it.</div>
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As you may have noticed, if you read the introduction, this
blog did not turn out to be my “so you want to join the Peace Corps” blog. I am
not really sure what happened but I’ve gone too far to turn back now and fix
it. Here are some site updates:</div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>All 8 chicken coops have been built!!!</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>200 chicks, 8 bags of feed, and vaccinations
will be delivered on October 1.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>My women’s group is planning on making chipa
(cheese bread) to sell and raise money for the group on October 1.</li>
<li>Na Eugenia’s bees have officially been moved into
their new Kenya Top Bar Hives and a new swarm took over my hive that got eaten
by a random wild animal! The new swarm looks really strong so hopefully I can
bring some honey home!</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New comb from the new bees! They've only been there for 2 or so weeks! Que Guapas!</td></tr>
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When we were bee keeping the bees seemed to really want to
gather around my crotch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have no idea
why this happened, and it was a little terrifying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only answer I can come up with is that
perhaps the queen had flown there and they were gathering around her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got stung around 8 times and now, 2 days
later, have the itchiest thighs of my life. Bee perks! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Doesn't normally happen.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beekini?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look how big Todd has gotten!</td></tr>
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That's all the updates I have for you now! I hope all is well in the Northern Hemisphere and I miss you all! If any of you are my amazing Peace Corps Partnership Donors please be aware I have not forgotten that I need to properly thank you! I am working on it now! <br />
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Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538112896084473399.post-64450925814119168122013-09-11T13:54:00.001-07:002013-09-11T13:54:22.469-07:00The beginning of the end...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>This month I celebrate my two year anniversary with Paraguay. It seems like only last week that I was opening my acceptance letter and panicking about how to make my parents understand that this was something I really wanted to do. That may seem silly to some of you, especially since I was 22 at the time, but 27 months is a long time to be away from home. It has been hard enough for with with the support of my family and I am fairly positive I wouldn't have been able to do it without them. Enough about that, if you know me at all (and hopefully you do since you're reading my blog) then you know I love my family so on to my life in Paraguay! <div><br></div><div>My women's group is doing well! I have been thrilled with their work on their chicken coops! 7 out of the 8 have been finished! I gave them 30 days to finish and they still have 10 days left so hopefully the last family can finish this week and we can purchase the chicks. I have not been thrilled with their attitude towards homemade chicken feed. All members agreed to plant crops and make their own feed in order to make the project sustainable; however, due to weather and lack of support from male counterparts we do not have the crops we need. The plan is to use the money we have raised to purchase corn and soy to be supplemented with crops they do have, such as yuka (mandioca) and sweet potato. Here are some photos of the coops that have been built:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYV3HjAPW7o3dniM0mqxm5NaaYpQHE-sG9p7B9z9aLXzkBtrLSaWG8GDwWkdJmL_C4_LpmwLtkNRTTa6tNrxyVEHWjsDwH5fq9NZihLv7NXDqnNE7dcj3gw1EJ0xtRizhBfUE4jAkSpwqI/s640/blogger-image--1938431128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYV3HjAPW7o3dniM0mqxm5NaaYpQHE-sG9p7B9z9aLXzkBtrLSaWG8GDwWkdJmL_C4_LpmwLtkNRTTa6tNrxyVEHWjsDwH5fq9NZihLv7NXDqnNE7dcj3gw1EJ0xtRizhBfUE4jAkSpwqI/s640/blogger-image--1938431128.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ezekiel showing of ña Marina's chicken coop (now completed but partially done in the photo)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipfGtdACrg_hrIrk-kSwtGz3BETalytH9SLxCBfIHqfjU7XfMqV5r1nwDn1_wHjjYOHT7XgO4l8jCY_AFYC_Z42Gy4zK-jFHa2b-2xKDYnUojC_EGBefek_d8t-XQrKZUBtyF-v9Ztuq3p/s640/blogger-image--1258459631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipfGtdACrg_hrIrk-kSwtGz3BETalytH9SLxCBfIHqfjU7XfMqV5r1nwDn1_wHjjYOHT7XgO4l8jCY_AFYC_Z42Gy4zK-jFHa2b-2xKDYnUojC_EGBefek_d8t-XQrKZUBtyF-v9Ztuq3p/s640/blogger-image--1258459631.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ña Ramona's chicken coop! </div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMugyf6N3cxIPU_64ac_e1eMjYf1_6lhr01iL-kcuA2IuHAjtz0VD6DEptKALygvcRrPp_w4PBIxK3k3ZGRhG-GYy3-RgXsey5gzC718urlPYTCDTKfaTS0P6KSpq-75kWEREP44btuVh/s640/blogger-image--2100784133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMugyf6N3cxIPU_64ac_e1eMjYf1_6lhr01iL-kcuA2IuHAjtz0VD6DEptKALygvcRrPp_w4PBIxK3k3ZGRhG-GYy3-RgXsey5gzC718urlPYTCDTKfaTS0P6KSpq-75kWEREP44btuVh/s640/blogger-image--2100784133.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Copper and I in Lourdes' chicken coop!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zhBSaia_ruqRW1bXe1bzdFQ-VWT_SOHWk1CYFaqxr3Z2C0q2e2MEFOx57A78W_Jr4qMY2LulbZbR7p4U2j9NQEMc9h1eImjXyhNcnUJndT3bWIpc0sdJZXRSgH8_euUBBz4ynzgLbCW1/s640/blogger-image-1292263706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5zhBSaia_ruqRW1bXe1bzdFQ-VWT_SOHWk1CYFaqxr3Z2C0q2e2MEFOx57A78W_Jr4qMY2LulbZbR7p4U2j9NQEMc9h1eImjXyhNcnUJndT3bWIpc0sdJZXRSgH8_euUBBz4ynzgLbCW1/s640/blogger-image-1292263706.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Lourdes' again, without copper and I blocking the shot </div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpZtDarmtPkN82wF71-bzBxEF1_jIWKiO2VApIySa0AGLAoUpzbKifbNTl6iGp2HYBXUe3ytamD4kCOgSNkv4SPjWgAUK67DdaCjDoim9SlAgk-Vu69ht7-kcURkogbv2op3-LyAehVHS/s640/blogger-image-1278825003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpZtDarmtPkN82wF71-bzBxEF1_jIWKiO2VApIySa0AGLAoUpzbKifbNTl6iGp2HYBXUe3ytamD4kCOgSNkv4SPjWgAUK67DdaCjDoim9SlAgk-Vu69ht7-kcURkogbv2op3-LyAehVHS/s640/blogger-image-1278825003.jpg"></a></div></div>Ña Eugenia's chicken coop!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52Kfd5XR8hhr3JU3NmK_lCTGhd4MRHXlViQHMTkmACVoxeI9POtFvbdLu_SCmzgtNCyYJkwsaZ9hRlR_mGIg21zjdDYM9JhEyhwW_CG6KEyhvkqU_4FQJ7H3-IyIj40xLvvlFOrZdnXNM/s640/blogger-image-1850836581.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52Kfd5XR8hhr3JU3NmK_lCTGhd4MRHXlViQHMTkmACVoxeI9POtFvbdLu_SCmzgtNCyYJkwsaZ9hRlR_mGIg21zjdDYM9JhEyhwW_CG6KEyhvkqU_4FQJ7H3-IyIj40xLvvlFOrZdnXNM/s640/blogger-image-1850836581.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ña Artemia is converting part if her kitchen into the chicken coop. At 80 she is our oldest member and decided to make a brick floor.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPdTG7GmYaFHgIchyphenhyphen8H2tsJ9CW6fFGrJ56oqxG24zMeh79m70OFeATl8x31NCN_b5Lo9xCkkhTGfT_jTcHhDddbus2Hiv6AtBb_Wb56COwe7Q2PMHEXuSIgxfJ7KHCNrTyhP5zBO_akhTU/s640/blogger-image--1218961390.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPdTG7GmYaFHgIchyphenhyphen8H2tsJ9CW6fFGrJ56oqxG24zMeh79m70OFeATl8x31NCN_b5Lo9xCkkhTGfT_jTcHhDddbus2Hiv6AtBb_Wb56COwe7Q2PMHEXuSIgxfJ7KHCNrTyhP5zBO_akhTU/s640/blogger-image--1218961390.jpg"></a></div>Ña Elisa's sister has a chicken coop that will share a wall with her new coop! </div></div><br></div><div>I also am trying to be realistic about how the project will progress without me. I am requesting a follow up volunteer so that hopefully they can continue to work with the group. Paraguayans generally only give their chickens a few handfuls of corn, this means the chickens lack protein. While talking with the agriculture program specialist I learned about using larvae to supplement the chickens protein supply. The idea is that the women create 3 different spaces, About 1.5m by 2m and 10cm deep. They fill them with green waste and cow poop. The spaces are then covered and watered 2 times a day. The goal is to attract a black fly to lay their eggs. Then 3 or 4 days later you have a great protein source! If you have 3 at once you stagger their development, this ensures that you have fresh larvae to feed the chickens every 2 days. How awesomely gross is that! </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlGUDgcWjdvVW9VvwCp77xIMHDHBjkbnbKM0CA_U1z2pKE2-QmwRbKJfMbsyJfYN-53Vi2T9VNY263itNGLjoSKk3Y1njncuvxiheTwRvKYLIHZ3H4VUTEQx3VgnbtfyAL02ctM4_RutS/s640/blogger-image--438588381.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYlGUDgcWjdvVW9VvwCp77xIMHDHBjkbnbKM0CA_U1z2pKE2-QmwRbKJfMbsyJfYN-53Vi2T9VNY263itNGLjoSKk3Y1njncuvxiheTwRvKYLIHZ3H4VUTEQx3VgnbtfyAL02ctM4_RutS/s640/blogger-image--438588381.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My larvae growing spot! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMxX64G1Pn9CBYXLthFk4dp4Q7tWqCK-JXYqnNWxtdERLXmGL5WeEzmY2kbeFK4atQm7AfY9JKwt-1CQhybWcWLt5HsrlXqI-2If5A-hTeKWwX0K-yYsxgeQDSgU00Lyz_SWn_qDoN4hp/s640/blogger-image-1458907082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTMxX64G1Pn9CBYXLthFk4dp4Q7tWqCK-JXYqnNWxtdERLXmGL5WeEzmY2kbeFK4atQm7AfY9JKwt-1CQhybWcWLt5HsrlXqI-2If5A-hTeKWwX0K-yYsxgeQDSgU00Lyz_SWn_qDoN4hp/s640/blogger-image-1458907082.jpg"></a></div>These are what I am trying to grow! Let's hope it works out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I am trying not to think about how rapidly my close of service date is approaching and just enjoy Paraguay. It has been hard since I have come to love Paraguay and the people. I am extremely ready to live in America but I am not ready at all to leave all of these people behind. I am off to a birthday lunch, until next time!</div><br></div>Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538112896084473399.post-39684282647148649502013-08-15T04:43:00.000-07:002013-08-15T04:43:02.723-07:00VOSH<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>One of
the main things that I have learned after 20 months as a Peace Corps Volunteer
is that you need to celebrate every success, no matter how small. The change
volunteers are trying to initiate will not happen overnight; there is a reason
we are here for 2 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This July I was
fortunate enough to see a different type of volunteer work in action.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An organization named VOSH, Volunteer
Optometric Services to Humanity, sent a group of nearly 40 volunteers to
Paraguay to hold a free 5 ½ day optometrist clinic for the local Paraguayans. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Each
and every one of the people that showed up was amazing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not mean to say that they were perfect,
altruistic people (but when have I pretended to be that, we all know I’m a jerk).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The majority were students there to learn and
possibly get ahead for the coming years and good for them! No matter what
brought each of them down to Paraguay the results remain the same; they helped
around 2,500 Paraguayans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They went
above and beyond the 8 – 5 hours of the clinic and did their best to absorb as
much Paraguayan culture as possible. They befriended the locals working at the
clinic and brought gifts to help share their culture with the Paraguayans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In all honesty, I was jealous. The gratification
of their work was instantaneous; they did not have to wait 17 months to finally
see someone using their compost pile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
know that for me, I felt that I accomplished more in those 5 ½ days than my
entire first year in country*. The volunteers all came down with a specific
skill set and provided amazing, life changing medical support to thousands of
Paraguayans. </div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I was
astounded by the open-minded natures the volunteers and their willingness to
embrace Paraguay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the first day of
the clinic I sat talking with some of them and realized that they did not see
what was happening at the clinic the same way that I did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They saw ungrateful, borderline rude
Paraguayans, with little to no fashion sense, getting in and out of the clinic
as quickly as possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw terrified
Paraguayans, surrounded by people speaking in a language they did not
understand and dressed in their absolute best clothing, not noticing if it
matched.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have absolutely come to love
Paraguay and the realization that they gave such a terrible first impression
horrified me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I began to explain some of
Paraguay’s history to the volunteers and then taught them a few key phrases in
Guarani, the indigenous language, to help them get the Paraguayans to relax and
open up. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the Paraguayans saw the
VOSH volunteers attempting to speak in Guarani, no matter how short the phrase,
their entire demeanor changed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lit
up and turned on the charm that is so unmistakably Paraguayan. </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The women pulled me aside, informing me they
had many sons and grandsons for me and my friends to choose from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was quickly notified which volunteers were
prettier than me and constantly asked if the two giant camera men with blue
eyes were single.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of these
statements seem rude or socially inappropriate to us as Americans and Canadians
(assuming one of my new Canadian friends reads this), but in Paraguay it is
normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The people here are blunt and do
not hesitate to tell you how they feel – a trait that I have come to respect. </div>
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I am extremely glad that I was able
to help these amazing volunteers during their work in Paraguay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They changed lives in ways that are outside
of the scope of my service; in terms of magnitude of people and value added to
society. I feel that as a Peace Corps Volunteer I was able to give back something
with no real monetary value but that stands as one of the main goals of
volunteers; I gave insight into the culture of Paraguayans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not everyone has 27 months of their lives
where they can drop everything and move to a different country to try and make
a difference; but these volunteers took 10 days out of their lives and I am
amazed at the difference they made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Since the VOSH volunteers left I
have been trying to readjust to life in my community as the only ‘norte’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have worked on my world map and huddled up
with some mate next to my host family’s wood burning stove. I have also begun
visiting families and taking pictures with their new glasses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to do my part to show the VOSH
volunteers the impact that they had in Paraguay. Every single Paraguayan I have
asked has smiled their standard Paraguayan grin and shown me to the nicest part
of their yard to take the picture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
have gone into their homes to change, or asked if I can wait while they bathe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paraguayans are thankful for the work that
VOSH has done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since there is a language
barrier here is the way they wanted to show their appreciation:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Na Eugenia (My contact who also worked at the clinic)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Don Marcelo</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Na Victoria</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Na Julia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Na Artemia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Na Isabel</td></tr>
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I would also like to thank each
volunteer that came down, as well as all of the people that worked to help make
this trip possible. You changed lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It has been almost a month since you were here and I am still stopped in
the streets and on buses so I can talk to people about the amazing volunteers
that took the time from their everyday lives to make a difference. I am so
thankful that I was able to play a small part in this event. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You helped make me proud of my Peace Corps
Service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I hope everyone is enjoying summer
in the Northern Hemisphere, I’m trying to think sunny thoughts during my final
winter in Paraguay! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Young Maria Eugenia, she was not pleased that she didn't need glasses!</td></tr>
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*Side Note: I know that my first year was spent building
relationships and learning language that allowed me to be effective at the
clinic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Year One in Peace Corps is about
integrating and trying to learn what your community needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are absolutely working but it often times
does not feel like it. </div>
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I am currently in the process of writing a blog post about
the organization VOSH and all of the work they did in Yeguarizo this
month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, this blog has me
stumped.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main reason is that the
tone of this blog is different than what I have grown accustomed to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Normally my blog entries are a running narrative;
I try to write the same way that I talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want this blog to be better than that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want it to encompass how thankful I am to the people that came all the
way from Canada (a country which I now love, but that is also for a different
blog) and the United States just to help out rural Paraguayans. Since I am
stumped by my other blog I am moving on to a different story that still
involves VOSH.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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During the clinic I was generally stationed at what was
known as the triage spot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I stood with
Dr. Spencer, one of the head doctors leading the trip, and whichever student he
had pulled aside to work with him and we patiently waited for the
Paraguayans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Generally we only waited
about 20 minutes and then there was an overwhelming number of Paraguayans mashed
together trying to get seen by the doctor (Paraguayans do not understand lines,
and frankly they may never get it).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since
I speak Spanish and have a basic understanding of Guarani, I would ask the
patients questions while the doctors looked over their paperwork. To put it
bluntly, I was the bedside manner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
worked perfect for me! I know nothing about eyes and medicine but I do know how
to make Paraguayan women blush and how to get Paraguayan men to crack a
smile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was one afternoon, perhaps the
fourth day when a young man came in and caught my eye.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was beautiful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was 18 years old and essentially blind. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of his eyes was crossed and he had so much
scar tissue in the other that he was blind in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Generally, I was in charge of telling a
patient where to go, perhaps leading them there, and returning to my station. When
I turned to take this boy to see another doctor he stopped me, grabbed my hand,
and intertwined our fingers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bold move
my friend, bold move. If I wasn’t smitten already, I was then.</div>
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We arrived at the other doctor and I waited with him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How could I leave this adorable young man who
could barely speak and needed help walking but managed to squeeze my hand and
give me a sly grin!? I sat and talked with his aunt, who was around 19 years old, and she
told me how he could not see but had glasses that helped him a few years
ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile, the doctor was looking
into his eyes and reading the results of his auto refraction (a big machine you
look into that magically gives the doctors an idea of what your prescription
should be, amazing right?).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The doctor
turned to me and said she was sorry but did not believe there was anything we
could do to help him. I almost lost it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I tend to view myself as a pretty held together person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very few people have seen me cry in the Peace
Corps and I am okay with that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
looking at this boy grinning with optimism and hearing the doctor telling me
she was sorry but no, almost put me over the edge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I began to explain to the aunt who countered
with the fact that he had glasses before and they helped! I told the doctor and
she said we could try to auto refract him again! </div>
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Now the rest of the story gets a little tedious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It involves a series of people doing their
best to help this young man and me receiving lots and lots of intertwined hand
squeezes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The final result was that
there was a single pair of glasses that they believed could help him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The best part? They were Versace. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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In telling this story some of you may have noticed I never
used the boy’s name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not trying to
be polite and protect his identity, I just do not know it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He said so little that we honestly just sat
together and I would squeeze his hand if he appeared nervous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he was set to leave I realized that I
desperately wanted a picture with him. Some of you may recall that my camera
had drowned about a week prior so I needed to find a friend and quickly!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I began running in search of the two camera
guys who had been filming all week to make a video for VOSH, the self-proclaimed
‘hermanos peligrosos’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had been
awkwardly taking pictures all week so I figured the least they could do was
help me when I actually wanted my picture taken.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I gracelessly ran into the front room and
begged them to come quick and take a picture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They looked at me like I was a little crazy for seeming so desperate,
apparently I really just need to ask and they would have agreed to take my
picture, and we set off to find my friend!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We arrived outside and naturally it is raining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look all around and he is gone. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I set off into the rain like it’s a terrible
90’s romantic comedy but it is no good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My friend is gone. This is the second point in the day where I almost
have a break down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel the awkward
beginning of tears and I am fully aware that if this starts it will be ugly and
not end for a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those of you who
are Peace Corps Volunteers know what I am talking about; that breakdown that
comes from nowhere but somehow encompasses every disappointment of your entire
service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thanked the ‘hermanos
peligrosos’, apologized for wasting their time, and quickly went off to sulk in
the corner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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This boy had come to represent so much to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somehow he embodied a part of my service that
I still do not understand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They thought
he was a lost cause but VOSH did not give up on him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He received his glasses and even if they
barely help at all, his life has been changed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He reminded me that even if you change one person’s life you are still
making a difference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A reminder that is
essential for a Peace Corps Volunteer to keep their sanity.</div>
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And then this happened:</div>
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HE CAME BACK!!!! Thanks to an amazing VOSH volunteer and
fantastic photographer named Tyler Kennedy (the hermanos peligrosos were
otherwise occupied) I now have 3 pictures of the Paraguayan that managed to
change my outlook on my service with a simple hand squeeze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although
I doubt I will ever see him again, I know that I will never forget him or the
impact he had on my service.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538112896084473399.post-80496130969256056432013-07-19T04:54:00.001-07:002013-07-19T04:54:26.183-07:00Vacation!!!
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Towards the end of June I planned on taking what may or may
not be my final Peace Corps vacation! I had decided that this year I wanted to
run a marathon and was informed by other volunteers (thanks Connie!) that there
was a beautiful marathon every year in Rio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The run was said to be fairly flat and you ran beside the coast the
whole time. I started training in early March and it was about as fun as it
sounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The marathon was on July 7 and I
had to be back in site by July 9 for an eye glasses event (future blogs will
cover this is obnoxious details). I was not thrilled by the idea of running
26.2 miles the day before a flight to Paraguay but it was too late to back out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Getting to Brazil was a bit of a challenge. Brazil has been
going through an interesting time politically and there have been a lot of
protests, especially in the Rio area. Four days before I was set to leave I
received a text from my boss saying the trip had to be cancelled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was not happy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I understand that Peace Corps needs to keep
us safe but I had been running for 18 weeks training for this event! All of the
volunteers planning to go immediately started calling one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the end the trip was saved by a volunteer
named Julia. Julia relentlessly called our boss and broke her down! I found out
the trip was back on two days before we were set to leave.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first part of the trip was spent in Ilha Grande.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a nature reserve on an island near
Rio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was amazing. It had fantastic
beaches with great waves and hiking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
saw monkeys climbing trees at the hostel most mornings and spent our days
exploring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent the first day hiking
around and visiting different beaches. One beach was extremely calm and then 30
minutes later we were body surfing huge waves on a different beach!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went on the trip with Elijah, Bryce and
Matt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All of them are fairly active so
we made sure to see as many beaches as possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On one of our last days we decided to go
snorkeling. I love snorkeling and was extremely excited, especially since I
have a water proof digital camera.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ironically, it decided to not be waterproof immediately upon entering
the water and I spent the rest of the trip camera-less! That being said the
water was full of starfish, coral, and interesting Brazilian fish! The pictures below are from Ilha Grande only, or I stole them from Bryce.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When we finally made our way to Rio (with our bosses
permission and my father shaking his head), we took a ferry and a 2 ½ bus
ride.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided to stay at an
apartment, not a hostel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea was
they are more or less the same price but at an apartment it would be quieter
and we would not have to deal with loud drunks the night before our
marathon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rio is magical. I normally
hate crowded beaches but Rio had this amazing self-confidence (I know that
sounds weird since I am describing a city but it is true!). Everyone wore the
smallest swimsuit they could fit into and they rocked them! Okay, so I will say
that a few people did not rock them and maybe I would have preferred them to
have covered up a little but they thought they were rocking it! There were
people selling food, drinks, swimsuits, soccer balls, and other crazy
things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I bought a swimsuit from one
beach vendor (I had to search for the largest bottom available, it says adult
but I am convinced it is a toddlers Large). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We ended up going out to restaurants, visiting Christ the
Redeemer, hanging out on the beach and finally Elijah and I ran a marathon! The
marathon was not that fun. The first 13 miles went really well and then it was
hard to not focus on what I was doing. I was running for about 5 hours. I had
trained mainly on dirt roads and my feet and knees were not enjoying the switch
to concrete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That being said I am
already looking back on it nostalgically. I am glad it is over and I am proud I
finished. After the marathon I went looking for whiskey gingers and food. We
met up with some other volunteers and had a final meal in Brazil! In the
morning it was back to Paraguay and what has become ‘the real world’.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I would absolutely recommend heading to Brazil if you get
the chance. I could have spent a week sitting on the beach watching everyone
walk by. It would have been nice to speak the language but everything worked
out in the end. We made it back without any problems!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As for my recommendation on marathons? Why
not! Get out there and do it! I didn’t do as well as I had hoped but I did it
and it was an amazing excuse to travel to Brazil!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tall Matt, Elijah, Bruno, and Me</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bruno, Me, and Tall Matt</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fantastic place for a swing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainy day so we had the ocean to ourselves!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bruno letting his locks flow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weird, creepy snail crab hybrid thing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ilha Grande</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last picture taken with the "waterproof camera". </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Woof. Done.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not sure how I am smiling. </td></tr>
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Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538112896084473399.post-2711209016948434372013-06-24T06:13:00.000-07:002013-06-24T06:13:20.805-07:00Chicken Project<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 1pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr><w:sdt docpart="AAFA3D2F04A943349C917B2FE4C1A82F" id="89512082" storeitemid="X_5F329CAD-B019-4FA6-9FEF-74898909AD20" text="t" title="Post Title" xpath="/ns0:BlogPostInfo/ns0:PostTitle"></w:sdt></span>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Winter is officially here and I do not like it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has been raining for the past 5 days and I
have been cold and miserable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one
good thing that has happened is that Washington approved my grant and posted it
to their website!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back in February I
organized the beginning of a group known as, Kuna Kyre’y (hardworking
women).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since then we have received
formal recognition from the local government and are requesting it from the
departmental level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The group was formed
around the idea of a chicken coop project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Typically in Paraguay chickens are free to roam and although this makes
most of us think free range and great lives for the chickens it is not
beneficial to the Paraguayans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chickens
sleep in trees and are not protected from predators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They lay their eggs wherever they choose,
making it difficult for Paraguayans to collect the eggs. Their egg production
is also low due to their lack of nutrition. Paraguayans generally give their
chickens only a few handfuls of corn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This lacks the nutrition that they need to remain healthy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a component of this project the
Paraguayans will not only build and maintain a chicken coop but they will also
grow their own chicken feed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The members
of my group have already planted new bean and corn seed to be ready for their
chicks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My community is very small. There are around 30
families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This has been something that I
have struggled with during my service but it is also something that causes the
community to suffer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have been
denied funding to put in wells and pipes for running water since there are so
few families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The school has been denied
access to different organizations because there are not enough members of the
community to ‘justify’ their presence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This project means a better life for these families.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The members of the group are providing 25% of
total requested funds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have been
making and selling bread, holding raffles, and organizing community events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also plan on provided all of the wood
used in the project, and to offset the loss of trees in the area they are
requesting saplings to replace the lost trees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is where you all come in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My plan had been to request funding from
USAID but they are currently out of funding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This means that the only other funding source (through Peace Corps)
available to my group is Peace Corp Partnership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This involves writing up a long and tedious
grant, with a meticulous budget and timeline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These projects are all posted to the Peace Corp website and the
volunteer’s friends and family help to fund their project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had hoped to never write a pleading blog
hitting all of you up for money but it has come to this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here is what I am asking of you guys: I know
that a lot of you are fresh out of college and do not have a lot of money and I
understand that (seriously, I get being broke) so just pass the information
along.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Email my blog or my project link
to someone you think might help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like a
post on facebook, give me a retweet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
sooner you guys help me reach this goal the sooner I stop harassing social
media sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Since I had to do such a detailed budget I can let you all
know where your money would be going; I am going to break down donations into
what they represent:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>$5</strong> – 4 one day old chicks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>$10</strong> – Antiparasite Medicine and Vitamins for 100 chicks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>$25</strong> – 2 bags of cement to build the chicken coop<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>$50</strong> – 1,000 bricks to be used for the chicken coops<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>$100</strong> – This covers all of the donated materials to make a chicken
coop (not including materials and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">labor provided by the members)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>$325</strong> – Fodderer (because no one is going to grind that much
chicken feed by hand)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also any of these donations buy my love and affection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I understand you guys not being able to donate
much, or even at all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This project has
to get completely funded or the women will not receive any of the money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Side note: the money will go to fund other
projects if mine does not get 100% of the funding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please help out! Give what you can! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Again, here is the link: </span><a href="https://donate.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=donate.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=13-526-012"><span style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri;">https://donate.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=donate.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=13-526-012</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">If that link is not working<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>you can go to peacecorps.gov/donate and search my project using my last name
(Flinn), the state I am from (Georgia) or my project number (13-526-012).</span></div>
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I don’t know if any of you follow me on twitter; you
probably don’t since I’m not that entertaining.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you do, you might have noticed that I have been using #winteriscoming
a lot more frequently.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a
reference from Game of Thrones and it work very well for life in rural
Paraguay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’ why…</div>
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I hate being cold. I really do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I can’t feel my feet, then I guarantee I
am in a bad mood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, I understand
people that enjoy cold weather because snow is beautiful and they love sitting
by a fire and drinking hot chocolate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They are right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is my idea
of a good night, especially if you add chili into the mix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When you are inside an insulated house, with
the temperature monitored with central air, and a fire in the den.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is not the situation I am currently
in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I live in a small brick house with a
concrete ‘stucco-esque’ finish. Take the temperature outside and maybe add 2
degrees and that’s the temperature in my house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Winter also means
shorter days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am not sure that I ever
was really aware of what this meant in the states.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure it got dark earlier but there are street
lights and car have headlight; it never really affected my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here it does.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I am a firm believer that nothing good can come of me wandering around
my community when it’s dark out. Peace Corps supports me on this decision, they
even encourage it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I live in rural
Paraguay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no such thing as
night life within 5 miles of my house, unless I want to get drunk with farmer
(don’t worry Dad, I don’t). This is not an issue in the summer when the sun is
setting at almost 8pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the winter the
sun rises around 6am and sets around 5:30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That means I have about 11 ½ hour to get human contact in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also means that I am confined to my house
for around 12 ½ hours a day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you
know me at all then you know I am a fantastic sleeper but sleeping for half of
a day is something that even I don’t want to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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This is why I am constantly complaining about the ominous
winter that is on its way. I have been told that my first winter in Paraguay
was mild; it got below freezing maybe 4 times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This terrifies me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily I have
already harassed my poor mother into sending me a supply of coffee and winter
essentials.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think she enjoyed
realizing that this may be the last package she sends me since I come home in
December (yes I am aware that I come back to the state during winter).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Aside from my fear of winter things are going well in
Paraguay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My women’s group is working on
finishing our request for funding for chicken coops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Unfortunately, we hit a bump in the road when
I found out that there is currently no money in the organization from which we
were initially requesting funds. This means we need to use a different
organization, Peace Corps Partnership.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was originally against using this source since it places our request on a
government website where people can donate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I did not want to end up soliciting fund from family and friends;
however, the project is something I believe in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This being said prepare to get hit up for money to help fund the
project!</div>
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I also checked in on my bees and they are doing well!
Storing up honey to make it through the winter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My contact wants to make another bee box and I am hoping that I can hold
a lecture on the advantages of more formal beekeeping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paraguayans generally go into the woods with
some newspaper on fire and hack into a wild beehive with a machete; they get
honey, but also a few stings.</div>
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My world map is a slow and steady process. I really hate the
Pacific Islands, Caribbean Islands, and Canada’ northern border. I am hoping to
be able to finish it up this month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>After I finish I’d like to do a geography class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most Paraguayans have made fun of me for making
this map. Telling me it’s a waste of time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>These same Paraguayans have also told me Paraguay is bigger than the US
(false), Spain is in Africa (false), and when asked to locate Paraguay on the
map pointed to Zambia (false).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now,
before you all get cocky please remember that about half of the people I talked
to prior to leaving for Paraguay thought it was in Africa as well. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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That’s all I’ve got for you this time. Stay warm and enjoy
Spring! Also if you did want to follow me on twitter, I'm @flinning</div>
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Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538112896084473399.post-17862541700165090082013-05-09T05:39:00.000-07:002013-05-09T05:39:04.082-07:00Na Julia
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today’s blog post is going to be dedicated to one of my
absolute favorite women in Valois Rivarola, Na Julia (Na is dona shortened
which essentially just means Mrs.).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Na
Julia is my 70 year old host mom and she is fantastic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She is one of the main reasons that I am
happy here in Paraguay; Na Julia, like so many members of my own family, is a
huge perv.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean this in the most
endearing way possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has flashed
me more times than I can count, this feat made easier by the fact that
Paraguayan women never wear bras after the age of 55.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has also tried to see my ‘tete moroti’
(white boobs in guarani/slang) numerous times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Perhaps during my last week in site I will finally let her but for now
why spoil the game?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One of the reasons that I love Na Julia so much is that she
loves me back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She treats me as if I
were one of her 14 children (not a type-o, she has 14 children).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She introduces me to visiting Paraguayans as
her daughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is always amusing
since I don’t bother elaborating and neither does she.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The guests generally just look back and forth
between us until asking how that is possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She worries about me if I am not up by 7 am and prays for me every time
that I leave the community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Paraguay is
a long way from Powder Springs and it is a really nice feeling knowing that you
have someone in your corner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Na Julia made me this chipa when she thought I was having a bad day, really I just felt like sleeping.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">One of my favorite experiences involving Na Julia happened a
few weeks ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was walking with
Lourdes (my host sister) and Lorena (my host brother’s girlfriend) to gather
fire wood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Na Julia was going to meet us
in the corral because she had to move her cows. Lourdes and Lorena started
walking into the cow pasture and told me to wait behind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I stood there waiting, watching as they
got farther and farther away I began to wonder why they were leaving me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Had I misheard? I eventually got bored and decided
to follow them – this was my big mistake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They were herding the group of cows and bulls to try and separate the
calves from their moms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This would
normally be an easy process except my dog, Na Copper, decided it was a good time
to misbehave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Copper began chasing a
group of cows, having the time of her life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One pregnant cow did not seem to be enjoying herself as much as Copper
and she began chasing Copper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This cow
had a very dangerous looking set of horns and looked to be out for
revenge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Copper, deciding that her game
was over looked up and was very pleased to see her mom (me), standing half way
between the corral (where I was told to wait) and Lourdes and Lorena.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Copper made a mad dash for me, bringing the
angry cow charging in her wake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I looked
up to Lourdes, terrified, and she looked back at me and screamed “HAKE MAGGIE,
CORRE!” This means, careful Maggie, run! I turned and began to run through the
mud with Copper right beside me and the angry cow still chasing me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After about 200 yards, please keep in mind I
am panicking, I come across a huge stick and pick it up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I turn around and began swinging the stick
and yelling nonsense at the cow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Fortunately it worked and the cow left me alone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So there I stood, covered in mud, holding a
stick, and panting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I turned to my right
and saw Lourdes and Lorena doubled over in laughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I got made fun of for not staying put,
getting dirty, and almost getting killed by an angry cow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now I said this was one of my favorite Na Julia stories, and
up until now she has been M.I.A., don’t worry while the 3 of us walked back up
we ran into Na Julia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was doubled
over as well, only she was also laughing so hard that she was crying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
between her tears she also managed to explain to us that she had seen the whole
thing and thought it was so funny that she had wet her pants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She then walked two feet pulled down her
pants and finished peeing in front of us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She spent the rest of the day laughing to herself and yelling at me
because her ‘chululu’ was wet; I yelled back that it wasn’t my fault she
peed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although, I think we should cut
her some slack, she did have 14 kids after all. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The one, the only, Na Julia. She's holding an eel she caught. Eel is one of her favorite foods, she eats the eyes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dog that almost got me killed.</td></tr>
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Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538112896084473399.post-55789239409919121162013-04-30T07:57:00.000-07:002013-04-30T07:57:34.407-07:00Two Flinns in Paraguay<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Sarah came to visit!!! So after 19 months living in Paraguay
someone finally came to visit me! Sarah spent a week with me in Paraguay. Her
first day here probably was not her favorite seeing that her flight was delayed
by around 5 hours and just after arriving we started catching buses to get to
my site.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I live about 100km from
Asuncion and it takes two buses to get there and about 2 ½ hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily for her we took a cab to my site so
she got out of the 45 minute walk in. Once we got to my site she was immediately
attacked by Copper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent 5 nights in
my site and Copper slept in her bed every night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ended up making chipa with my committee,
chipa guasu with my host mom, cutting glasses out of wine bottles, tracing and
painting part of my world map, milking cows, and fixing up my garden.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Friday night some other volunteers came
over to meet Sarah and we had a mini pizza party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over all I think my site was interesting to
Sarah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had lost some perspective on
what it’s like coming from America and being thrown into a rural Paraguayan
community and this experience helped with that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I decided to make a list of things Sarah reminded me/taught me: </div>
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</span></span></span>My bathroom is gross, even though I have a
shower now! Apparently a cold shower isn’t all that great (I disagree with
this, my shower is life changing).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<li>Using cups of oil and lard with every meal is
not normal, and is actually kind of disgusting. This is in reference to
Paraguayan cooking, not mine.</li>
<li>People publicly commenting on your physical
appearance is not normal. Side note: They LOVED Sarah here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was told that she looked like a model and
if I lost weight I could too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
being in Paraguay for so long this didn’t offend me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It did however offend Sarah and my mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This came with the added benefit of my mother
finally admitting that I am her smartest and prettiest daughter; perhaps she
said it because she felt sorry for me but I’m 90% sure she meant it.</li>
<li>Motorcycles are not family friendly. It isn’t
uncommon to see 5 people on motorcycles here, and I have seen people
breastfeeding while riding on them. This is not only weird but also dangerous. </li>
<li>In America, tampons come with applicators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Burning toilet paper is weird, and makes a
fantastic video montage. </span><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span>It’s also weird that you can’t flush toilet
paper down here.</li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Taking your trash on your 2.5mile walk and then
on a 2 hour bus ride just so you can throw it away, instead of burning it or
burying it is also weird. </li>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span>Sarah and I eventually left my site and headed to the
capital for 2 nights so she could meet more volunteers and try and find some
gifts for people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ended up going to
T.G.I. Fridays for dinner one night and she wasn’t impressed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Friday’s in Paraguay has a deal on Monday
nights where you get unlimited beer with the purchase of a meal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Honestly, unlimited. C’mon Friday’s you are
asking for trouble. </div>
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It was nice showing her the capital and I think she enjoyed
hot showers and toilets instead of latrines.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sarah and I didn’t do a whole lot of crazy things when she was here but
it was fantastic just having someone from home to spend time with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s been a weird adjustment getting used to
being alone in site again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We only spent
5 days together in my site but being able to speak English and just have
someone to talk to all day was amazing! I am so thankful that Sarah was able to
come see me, even if my site likes her more than me I love that she was here! </div>
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*I don’t really think they like her more than me, they just
think she’s prettier. They told me I’m nicer. </div>
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Since it is now April I guess it is that time of year where
we all admit that our New Year’s Resolutions were a big flop; I am no
exception.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However; if I have been a
less than stellar blogger this year, I do feel like I have been a better Peace
Corps Volunteer.</div>
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Year one in the Peace Corps is a weird thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are thrown into a community with 10 weeks
of training and you hope for the best.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Looking back I am often surprised at how hard it actually was for
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Year two is great! You know the
people and already have relationships with them. They know why you are there
and you only get asked if you’re German every other week! </div>
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Since my last blog my women’s group had a male join;
however, our name did not change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are
still ‘kuna kyre’y’, which means hard-working women in Guarani. We are going
ahead with a chicken coop project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most
Paraguayan families have chickens just running around and sleeping in trees (I
had no idea chickens enjoyed sleeping in trees before this).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem with the Paraguayan method of
raising chickens is that they don’t properly feed them so the egg production
suffers and the chickens are skinny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
a part of the chicken coop project each family will (hopefully) receive 20
chickens and materials for their coops; they will also be responsible for
planting and harvesting beans and corn in order to make their own home-made
chicken feed. The past week I gave a lecture on different varieties of
home-made chicken recipes they can use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Next week (when Sarah is here!!!!!) we will begin fund raising by making
and selling bread within the community. </div>
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I also began working with my contact and her family and
their bee boxes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had very old
Langstroth hives which were falling apart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Paraguayans prefer these boxes because they are pretty but there is an
easier to make and cheaper option called a top bar hive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are African style hives and I convinced
my contact to switch to them! We built the first one together with her son and
then Elijah and I built the second two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unfortunately we were unable to do a wild hive capture, because ants had
eaten our wild hive, but we moved the other two hives into their new
boxes!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My contact was kind enough to let
me have one of these boxes and late one night Elijah and I snuck out and moved
the bees next to my house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now it really
is all women over here with my 4 chickens, dog, cat, and thousands of bees! </div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgwOub8wtGdVkDEIQoyzyfgm8x21iLh64LjP_faEN5zg3NMzFDrhGbEA4SDadE2VRVeyCTLnqUdT6M3Fjr_Z6CaOn_jzvb8P-ocZo5n_O8mghGx9PbPmg5ThFE4-TKvWIWlGajSvC5SUB/s1600/DSCF5230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBgwOub8wtGdVkDEIQoyzyfgm8x21iLh64LjP_faEN5zg3NMzFDrhGbEA4SDadE2VRVeyCTLnqUdT6M3Fjr_Z6CaOn_jzvb8P-ocZo5n_O8mghGx9PbPmg5ThFE4-TKvWIWlGajSvC5SUB/s320/DSCF5230.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the old box that is a disaster!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bees at night! Not the night we moved the box.</td></tr>
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In honor of Sarah coming next week I also got the ball
rolling on my World Map project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>World
Maps are a pretty common Peace Corps project because they are easy to do and it
is a physical tangible success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After
getting told that the US is smaller than Paraguay and asked if the US is next
to Spain enough times you begin to see the importance of geography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The majority of the paint is donated so what
the volunteer really needs is time and hopefully some friendly PCVs to come
help out! I still have to actually draw the map but I have the wall cleaned and
painted! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wall of the school where the map is going! </td></tr>
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I cannot wait for Sarah to get here and I am hoping I can
con her into writing a guest blog! It’s pretty serious journalism so I
understand if she isn’t up for the task.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hopefully I get better at blogging but I’m not making any promises…
Until next time!</div>
Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538112896084473399.post-8779530233251760112013-03-08T07:47:00.002-08:002013-03-08T07:52:54.153-08:00Life Updates<br />
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks to some help from Papa Flinn in the grand
USA and Ken Knuppel (a fellow volunteer who kindly brought me back a computer)
I once again have a computer! This is a great thing! One thing that is true of
Peace Corps service is that you get pretty lonely. It isn't a constant thought,
or realization but you spend a good bit of your time alone. I try to visit with
families and spend a good bit of time with my host family but eventually I get
tired of thinking in different languages and want to just relax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since my computer died I have been reading a
lot. I was lucky enough to bring my mom's kindle back with me and in the past
month I read the entire Outlander series and finished Harry Potter (again). I
also managed to knit 5 hats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another
nice thing about this new computer is that it inspired me to give the bamboo
antenna another shot, which to my great satisfaction, worked! I have a 20+ foot
bamboo pole with a fluorescent light bulb attached to the top with duct tape,
this connects to an internet stick and improves the signal, which (drumroll please)
gives me internet in my house!!!! The only issue with this is that I currently
am not signed up for an internet plan, and I have to wait until April to sign
up for one. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Things in site have been going well. The group
that helped start is meeting regularly and we have received recognition from
the local government, we are now going to the department level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The woman (and one man) are mainly interested
in learning what they can get out of the group so I am trying to encourage them
to continue meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My fear is that if
it takes too long for them to see results of their meetings (in the form of
free things) that they will stop meeting and the group will fall apart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I understand that this should not all be up
to me but I can’t help but feel responsible. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have also decided to make my own bee box. My
contact has a bunch of wood that she has offered to let me use (I still need to
get it cut down) and then I am going to make a batea box so that I can have my
own bees and hopefully honey. Very few people in my site keep bees, so my hope
is that by creating my own box and showing how easy and affordable it can be
that other families will want to get their own as well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I am also super excited because Sarah Michael is
coming to visit me for a week in April!!! We are going to live in my house and
make bagels and milk cows (which she claims to already know how to do).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically I am just extremely excited to show
someone how I live down here and have them meet my dog! Speaking of Copper, I
am now trying to convince my parents to bring her back to the States with them
after they visit in October. If you talk to either of them just say how great
Copper looks! I am also teaching her how to heel on a leash, which Paraguayans
think is hilarious. Here are some photos of cuddly copper this morning and my chickens!</span></span></div>
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Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538112896084473399.post-72382549264554632912013-02-07T06:32:00.002-08:002013-02-07T06:32:22.006-08:00Ahecha<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As I publically announced on my blog my New Year’s Resolution was to blog more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then successfully wrote and posted one blog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two days later, my computer died the true death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This effectively put an end to my blogging ambitions. I am currently at the Peace Corps Office using an official government computer (so fancy).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">January has actually been a pretty exciting month for me. I did a project with the kids in my community called ‘Ahecha’, which means ‘I see’ in Guaraní.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The program allows a Peace Corps volunteer to borrow a kit containing 4 digital cameras and books about teaching photography.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had 6 kids take the course with me; I wish there had been more but my site is small and it is summer down here so it was a little harder to organize. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The kids loved it. I have probably 600 photos of my entire community. This is also helpful because I am terrible at remembering to bring my camera with me and now these kids took pictures for me! My next few blogs (when they finally happen) should hopefully have lots of pictures! There were 3 girls in the group and they seemed to love having an excuse to hang out with me so I am going to start a girls group in my site. Granted the group will consist of only 4 of us but I think they will really enjoy it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another big thing in my site is that I am starting a group! My site consists of about 30 families and there is no organized group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is important in Paraguay because if you form a group you can do projects and request funding from the government to help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Individually these families will not receive help but together they can do a lot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started inviting people to my meeting about 4 weeks in advance. I also had been talking about starting a group for around 2 months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wanted to have time to visit everyone in my community so that no one could claim I didn’t invite them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The day before and day of the meeting I ran around my site like a crazy person. I was cutting my lawn with a machete and scissors, sweeping my dirt, and reminding everyone about the meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The meeting was held at my house and I am very pleased to say that it was more successful than I even dreamed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">There were 13 people present at the meeting, 9 different families were represented.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided to form a commission and started making rules for the group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My main concern was that the group be formally recognized by the government and that we have attendance rules; the group wanted to know what we could do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The women voted (unanimously) on a chicken coop project.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We appointed positions and tasks to different members and decided that if more people were interested they could join for the next meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are going to continue meeting every 2 weeks, at my house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lot of the people in my site think that groups won’t work, because they never have in the past. I am hoping that my being there will help lower the gossip rates and allow us to keep the group together. Jahechata! (We will see)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now, ahecha photos:</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Main road in my community</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Veiw from the field</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Junior in his new house! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Josius and Jani playing on a fence</td></tr>
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Hello blog readers! Welcome to 2013! There are a lot of
jumbled up thoughts in my head about how to start/write this blog so I’m just
going to wing it. One of my New Years Resolutions is to blog more. I think I
started out my service pretty strong and since then I’ll halfway write a blog
and never post it – well no more! You guys are going to get tired of me and
have to stop following me (I have no idea if you ‘follow’ blogs but it seems
right). </div>
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For me, 2013 has already been a pretty awesome year. It started off in America! I was lucky
enough to be home for the holidays this year. I spent Christmas in Powder Springs, Ga and then made my way
down to Florida with my parents.
Elijah (American boyfriend who is also a PCV) also managed to meet me
down in Florida. He is a brave
soul and agreed to spend 5 days with my parents on an island that is only
accessible by boat or plane.
Little did he know that he was even luckier and my protective,
self-proclaimed red neck uncle also joined us at the beach! Although there were
threats of pool cue beatings, Elijah managed to make it through the trip
unharmed. He also caught a 6ft
lemonhead shark, which helped inspire some male bonding. Enough about America, you guys don’t
read this blog to hear about how a 24 year old is doing in America; you just
want to hear about how I poop in a hole in Paraguay. </div>
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I think part of the reason that my blogging has taken a hit
is because I feel like I don’t have exciting things to post about. This is most likely because after a
year I have forgotten that most of the things in my everyday life aren’t
normal. I never used to burn my
toilet paper, or be able to identify the scream of a pig being castrated. Somehow life in Paraguay is routine; I
have no idea when it happened but at some point I just started shrugging my
shoulders and rolling with it. </div>
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All that being said I am going to do my best to pull out the
actually normal stories from the Paraguayan normal stories and post more
blogs. If no one actually reads
them, that’s okay, I’ll still have this blog to look back on as a reminder of
events in my life. Plus, if I
don’t have anything to blog about I can just put up pictures of Copper. Yes,
she is coming home with me next December, and no, she won’t be quarantined. </div>
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To finish up this blog I am going to post the answer to the
most common questions that were asked of me in the states:</div>
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<b>Do you live with a
family?</b> No. I live about 20 yards from a family in their son’s house. He is
working in a different part of the country. </div>
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<b>Do you really poop in
a hole?</b> Kind of. It’s sort of like a concrete block with a slope in it that
is located inside of a little house.
I hate it. Ants live in it. </div>
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<b>What do you normally
eat?</b> Popcorn. I eat a lot of popcorn. I also have 4 laying hens that give
me an egg a day each so my egg intake has bumped up as well. If not popcorn
I’ll make a rice and veggie dish. </div>
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<b>Do you have internet
at your site?</b> No. A lot of volunteers have internet modems that they use in
site but to my frustration my site doesn’t have a good enough signal. I go into
town to use the internet.</div>
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<b>How do you get to
town?</b> I have about a 4km walk that takes between 45-50 minutes. When I get
to the main road I wait for a bus, from there it’s 15 minutes to the nearest
internet café. If I don’t want to take a bus I can go 10km to go to a different
town but they don’t have an internet café. </div>
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<b>How often do you see
other volunteers?</b> There is a radio show in a town that is about 45 minutes
away by bus every Monday. I don’t go to it as often as I’d like but if I am
feeling lonely I can go and see other Americans. Other than that I usually
leave site to spend the night in Asuncion or go see Elijah every 2 – 3 weeks. </div>
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<b>What language do you
speak? </b>Paraguay has 2 official languages, Spanish and Guarani. I speak
mainly Spanish but understand some Guarani. Another New Years Resolution of
mine is to study more Guarani.</div>
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<b>Are you happy?</b> I
have loved my time in Paraguay. I think it’s been really good for me as a
person. I am more independent and tougher than when I left. I actually am
really happy here. That being said, I love America and can’t wait to be back. </div>
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<b>Would you recommend
Peace Corps to someone else?</b> DO IT! Peace Corps has been awesome. However,
you know yourself and what you are capable of. If you can’t poop in a hole and
would die before shitting your pants then Peace Corps probably isn’t for you. </div>
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<b>What’s been your low
point in Paraguay?</b> Shitting my pants while living with a host family*.</div>
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If you are wondering about all of the ‘poop in a hole’
comments then you can blame my mother. I made the mistake of showing her this
video when I was home and she had me show everyone. The song, and the phrase,
are now stuck in my head. </div>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koUWaAr-itY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koUWaAr-itY</a></div>
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Also, this song is true in just about everything it says. </div>
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*I wrote this blog on 1/5, when this was indeed my low
point. However, while traveling into Asuncion I fainted on a bus and was held
up by a random Paraguayan. This may be my new Paraguayan low point. </div>
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<o:p>See you guys in December!</o:p></div>
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I have officially been living in Paraguay for over a year,
and I cannot believe how quickly it has gone by. About a week before my one-year anniversary with Paraguay
something I had been hoping to avoid for my entire service happened – I got
pique. Pique, or chigoe flea, is
something I had never heard of before Paraguay and it didn’t exactly sound fun
to me. Our medical training book
describes it as a tiny flea that burrows into the skin and starts producing eggs. The result is a small white patch with a
small black dot. You have to
take a needle and remove the egg sack.
I thought it was kind of cool so I documented my first ever pique
removal! </div>
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My first removal was a great success! I don’t know if it
seems that way to an outsider, but I was really proud. Some might say I even
got a little cocky. Since Paraguay has a way of sensing when I am overly
confident the country decided to knock me down a peg or two. My next few pique
were AWFUL. One was in between my toes, so hard to get to, then one top of my
foot, very little fat or thick skin to make it not hurt, and finally I got one
next to a healing pique wound, it didn’t like being touched. I have learned my lesson – pique is
terrible. If I can finish my service with no more fleas laying eggs in my body
I will be one happy camper! </div>
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Poor Copper has also started getting pique and she has it
rougher than me since she has to chew them out of her feet. This has also caused me to kick her out
of my house since I don’t want any pique in my house just waiting to
burrow. The only thing they really
do for dogs is put their feet in gasoline to kill the pique but I usually only
notice them after she has chewed on them, creating open sores; I’m going to
pass on pouring gasoline into my dog’s open wounds. I think she appreciates that.</div>
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Since around June the people in my site have begun working
out in the fields gathering ‘yuyos’.
These are plants that people put in their terere (I think I explained
what this is earlier, but it is like a tea they drink here. Often they put
these plants in the water to give different flavors or for medicinal reasons.). My site has been gathering kapi'i katí. The main site that we have been
gathering is the field of the local estancia. They have been burning their fields (I know, I know as an
agricultural volunteer I should be working against this…) once the field is
burned it is easier for the people to come in with their shovels, hoes, and
machetes to cut up the earth and find this root. I started going out with the women to help out. It is awful work. You can’t really sit down because there
are tons of ants that bite you and it is also really muddy so the women laugh
about how it looks like you pooped your pants. This means that you spend around 4 hours in the morning
squatting over the ground, go in for lunch, and come back out for another 4
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Not only is it not the most pleasant work but it also took me around 4 days to really get the hang of what I was looking for. Part of the issue is an 11-year-old girl was training me. She goes to school in the morning (in Paraguay kids go either in the morning or afternoon) and then comes out in the afternoon. She would just laugh at me when I picked out the wrong plant and didn’t explain her system for choosing a spot. I later realized that was because she had no system, she was just wondering around. Towards the end of the day the women (sometimes men) would start burning another section of the field and head home to clean what they had gathered.</div>
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Unfortunately I don’t have pictures for the next part, which is odd since I prefer this part and generally try to get invited to the wrapping, not the gathering. This is when the yuyos are prepared to be sold. The women take their clean yuyos and begin wrapping them into bundles about 4 inches long and an inch in diameter. They use a part of a coco tree to wrap them. After they wrap them into smaller bundles they wrap 6 bundles into a bigger bundle, two of these bundles (a dozen smaller bundles) is sold as one unit. The price of these units varies between 1.000gs and 1.500gs. That is somewhere between $0.25 and $0.37. I spent an hour wrapping and kept track of how many I was able to complete- I wrapped 4 units. That would come to about a dollar an hour except for you have to take in consideration the time spent in the fields gathering these plants.</div>
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Copper does her best to help out with the digging.</div>
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Some of the women gathering yuyos.</div>
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Super guapa.</div>
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Ña Copper gets tired after a long days work. And yes Mom, I know her ears are huge.</div>
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Ña Artemia and Dehlia (my teacher)</div>
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My pitiful bounty. </div>
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Working with these women has really made me appreciate how
‘guapa’ they are (hard-working).
They all have something that they are saving up for and they all manage
to do this on top of their daily work of raising children, animals, gathering
firewood, and more. My host sister
is saving up for some dental work for herself and her mother. One of my neighbors wants to build a
place for her pig to live.
Whenever I help out in the field I give what I collect to different
women in the community. If I help
them attach them I usually stay for lunch since they refuse to allow me to work
for free. Although collecting
yuyos isn’t something I ever really want to do or will ever do after Paraguay;
it has been a great way for me to further integrate into my community and to
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There are a few problems that I constantly encounter with my
blog. The first is that I always
forget what I have blogged about (I generally assume if I don’t remember
blogging about it, you guys don’t remember reading it). The second is that I only have a chance
to post a blog every week or two (I can sometimes use my kindle to check
facebook and email but writing a blog on a kindle is something I refuse to do,
seeing as kindles don’t have spell check and I am already self-conscious about
my writing). The third is that I
get really excited about random blogs during the week. I don’t want to overwhelm you guys and
post 4 at once and often my enthusiasm wanes and blogs are left unfinished and
unedited, never to be read again.
The result is that my blog is a random assortment of stories and
highlights from my service with no unifying theme, other than I felt like
posting them at the time. I would
like to apologize for my lack of blogging skill; however, I didn’t major in
blogging and you guys can stop reading at any time (but I secretly like that
you do read, so please don’t leave me). </div>
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Enough rambling, the theme of this blog is <b>Why All Peace Corps Paraguay Volunteers
Love Rain.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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First, let me state that this is a HUGE generalization.
Possibly only Agricultural Volunteers like rain, or maybe only myself and my 3
closest volunteer friends.
Probably this should be titled “Why Maggie Flinn loves Rain”. Well readers, this is why I love rain.</div>
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My site is made up of dirt roads and when it rains, mud
roads. This means that leaving
site is not really a possibility.
I only really leave site to go buy food or visit other volunteer;
therefore, the lack of road is generally not an issue. A rainy day also means that you are
trapped inside. During the first 2
months in site, when I lived with a host family, this was torture. You are trapped. You have to sit and make conversation
all day. Even harder for me was
when my contact’s daughters all came to visit and we got ‘rained in’. You would think that with more people
it would be more fun - this is not the case. I would sit and listen to inside jokes and stories, watching
a group of sisters interacting in the way that only sisters do. I was an outsider and just kept
thinking how my sisters and I were way funnier and had way better inside jokes
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Independent Maggie can now look back on those long days and
appreciate them because they did strengthen my bond with my contact and force
me to use my language. Independent
Maggie also knows that she never has to suffer through another one of these
days. A rainy day when you live
alone is a day to yourself. No one
judges you for not working or visiting families; it’s dangerous out there! You
can spend the day reading and knitting.
Your brain gets a day off because you aren’t constantly speaking in a
mixture of Spanish and Guarani.
You don’t have to deal with critical Señoras telling you that you are ‘<span lang="ES-TRAD">demasiada gorda’</span> or
harassing you about dating a Paraguayan so he can go back to the states with
you. Rainy days keep me sane. They
are a time for me to just relax and not let cultural differences drive me
crazy. I have lame dance parties
to Top 40 mixes friends from the states send me (Jill and Amelia, thanks
again), I watch lame tv shows on my computer (Leigh, I’m still watching Vampire
Diaries so thank Trey for me), and I try to learn how to knit fingerless
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The weird thing about being a PC volunteer is that you are a
volunteer 24/7. The people in my
community are constantly watching me and gossiping about what I do. People randomly (and creepily) take
pictures of me weekly, often without asking. Men in town get drunk and tell people that I’m their girlfriend
(I am still not dating a Paraguayan).
I am constantly told that my American boyfriend is cheating on me with a
Paraguayan and that is why he speaks Guarani better than I do. Often after this statement I am
encouraged to get back at him by dating a Paraguayan. Rainy days save me from all of this. I don’t mean to sound like I don’t love
Paraguay, I do. The people are
more hospitable than anywhere I have ever been. My host-mom is actually insane (in the best possible way)
and has taken to flashing me and asking me if she can see my ‘tetes moroti’
(white boobs). It’s fun having
everyone want to be your friend and want to learn more about you – but that
doesn’t mean that I don’t LOVE a good rainy day every once in a while. </div>Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538112896084473399.post-59676503640380650832012-08-03T05:41:00.001-07:002012-08-03T05:41:20.681-07:0010 Months in Paraguay<br />
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It is hard for me to believe that I have been in Paraguay
for 10 months. In a few weeks G-39
will swear in, and after that G-40 (my sister G) will arrive. I think this is a milestone for most
volunteers. The reason is that we
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–Side Note: We are G’s because we are trained in Guarambare,
so my group was the 37<sup>th</sup> group of trainees to go through Guarambare. Every third G will be the same sector
because it rotates, Rural Health and Sanitation swear-in in April, Community
Economic Development swears- in in August and Agricultural Extension and
Environmental Education swear-in in December. This concept was confusing for me when I first arrived in
Paraguay and it took a while for me to realize my sister-G wasn’t the G
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After 10 months in Paraguay and 7 ½ in site, I wish that I
could tell you that my Guarani was improving; it isn’t. I started studying more and I have
posters around my room with verbs and sentence structure but it’s not coming
together. My main issue is that I
can already speak Spanish. I had thought this would be awesome because I could
just focus on Guarani and not worry about Spanish; unfortunately, when I don’t
understand what people say in Guarani they just switch to Spanish and encourage
me to do the same. They later ask
why I don’t speak more Guarani. I found out that other Ag volunteers lied about
their Spanish abilities in site so they would be forced to learn Guarani. I wish I had found this out before I
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doing more work in my garden. Unfortunately it appears that my tomatoes have
caught a virus, for which there is no cure, and will all be dead within the
week. I think that is what I get
for being so proud of the absurd amount of tomatoes I had. Next summer my plan is to watch them
more closely, kill any that seem to be a little sick, and not brag about my
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ever garden I am going to (humbly) say it’s a success! My demo plot with my contact is also
germinating and I think that I might try to plant crops in order to make a
homemade chicken feed this spring (fall for you northern hemisphere
folks). I also am planning on
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I am still teaching English in the school and in the church,
although the attendance in church is dwindling. In addition I am working with a commission in the community
to try and get funding for pipes, a tank, and a motor in order to give 10
families access to running water.
What this means is that I am in charge of filling out the USAID forms;
it’s as fun as it sounds. My main
frustration with this project is that I am not being invited to the meetings
surrounding the project. Some of
the people think that I just have to call Peace Corps, tell them I need
12.000.000Gs and BOOM I get it. No
strings attached. Actually I need
to write essays, fill out forms, make spreadsheets, and explain where every last
Guarani will be spent. All this being said, I really hope that this project can
happen. I think I am getting nervous about how I can positively affect the
community and helping to fund the running water project would definitely be a
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All
in all Copper and I are doing well in Paraguay. She is getting neutered in September and doesn’t chase the
chickens as often as she used to.
She also hates the town drunk, which I am insanely proud of. She is only
5 months old but she growls at him with the ferocity of a 3 year old German
shepherd. I firmly believe she is
one of the best decisions I have made so far in Paraguay. She barks a lot and chases children but
I sleep better knowing I have a furry little friend watching over me. </div>Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538112896084473399.post-86710090770067632982012-07-11T15:28:00.000-07:002012-07-11T15:28:05.749-07:00Cooking with Friends: A Shout Out to St. Marks Methodist Church<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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In December of 2008, my Grandma, Mary Kay Staples, gifted
her grandchildren with the Cooking With Friends cookbook that her church
wrote. When I was home this past
April I came across a copy of the book (actually, it’s Sarah’s) and decided to
bring it down with me to Paraguay (sorry Sarah). Dean Boucher’s banana bread recipe is a real hit with the
women of South America!</div>
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While I have really enjoyed trying out recipes from this
book, I quickly realized that it doesn’t do me a whole lot of good down
here. The issue is that I can’t
get 2/3 of the things I need to cook each recipe. Grandma, I can’t tell you how many times I have looked at
the recipe for Ro-Tel Fiesta Chicken with longing and then realized that I
don’t have access to Ro-Tel, which judging by the name is a key
ingredient. I also have searched
all over Paraguay and the only Elephant I’ve found belongs to the zoo and they
said they won’t sell him for my Elephant Stew. </div>
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Due to my lack of access to most necessary ingredients
(biscuit mix, cake box mix, cream of mushroom soup, brown sugar…) I have been
picking and choosing which recipes to make and which recipes to look at with
longing and dream about. Bringing
back a cookbook was a really good idea and I wanted to write this blog to thank
the authors of this book for filling some of my boring winter afternoons with
activities. Although I have messed
up numerous recipes, mixing amounts improperly since I have no actual measuring
cups and making up ingredients (sugar cane honey with white sugar is pretty
much brown sugar, right?); I think it has been going pretty well. I also should thank Mr. Daniel who so
kindly replied to my tweet requesting how many grams go into a pound (the different
measuring systems are a killer!). </div>
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Winter in Paraguay, especially for
an Ag Volunteer, can be pretty slow. There are gardens to tend to but the major
field crops won’t be planted until around late July or early August. I have started a demonstration plot
with a contact and my garden is in full swing! I have around 100 tomato plants
(a minor miscalculation on my part) so the spring might end up involving me trying
to make my own Ro-Tel and canning sauces.
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I have also been in site for
almost 7 months. According to most
volunteers, this is when things can get a little tough. I think I am holding up pretty well, my
down fall and homesick moment will most likely be when Katy gives birth to baby
girl number 2 in August and I realize how bummed I am not to be there. For now Copper (my dog) and I are
bundling up in bed, trying to escape the cold, reading, and knitting - judging
by this post I have retired not joined the Peace Corps. </div>
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I am off to try and make some
fresh pig fat biscuits, but seriously Crisco is just pig fat in disguise! </div>
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The
past few weeks in site have felt a little bit different to me. I no longer feel like I am constantly
visiting families to get to know them; I already have established relationships
with them. I recently took my
contact with me to a one-day conference on Permaculture in Paraguay and it went
really well. I started teaching
English classes in the elementary school once a week and in the Church on
Saturdays for the older kids. I
have also started work on a series of lectures about green manures in my community. To top it all off I discovered that
there is still one committee that exists in my site. This is important because in Paraguay a lot of the
communities request funds from different organizations and often times you have
to be in a committee to request funds and some times the committee has to be in
existence for over 2 years before they can request funds. I was excited because I believed this
would create many more opportunities within the community. </div>
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My
host family and my contact are not members of the committee. I have been told that they were at one
point but the primary goal of the committee has shifted to obtaining water in
the community and both of these families have wells that provide year round
water. I attended my first
‘meeting’ last Sunday. The first
hour was spoken completely in Guarani and I understood barely anything. I learned that they have already paid
to have an artesian well put in next to the school and they want to raise funds
to purchase piping, a tank, and a motor to run the water throughout the
community. They also talked about
my contact’s family and my host family for a good bit in Guarani. I am fairly positive nothing good was
said, I understood the words liar and untrustworthy. They then switched to Spanish and began talking to me. I explained that I would talk to my
boss about requesting funds from different organizations but I could make no
promises. If I could not help them
directly get funds I told them that I would be more than willing to help with
fund raising activities, such as making and selling chipa. They seemed to understand my point of
view and the meeting ended. </div>
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The
next evening I went to return a plate to my host mother and was immediately
asked a series of questions: Did you say you’d work with them? Are you giving
them money? Do you not want to work with us? And so on. I explained what had happened at the
meeting and how I planned on working with everyone in the community but these
people had an existing project they wanted help with, and that it would not
take up all of my time. I was then
told that a lot of the members of my community were mad at me because this
project would not benefit everyone in the community. Then my host mom told me she was mad at me because I did
nothing to help her get money when she was putting a well in her house. After about an hour of explaining that
it would be impossible for me to request funds for a single well, for a single
family, I think they finally understood.
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What
I have learned from this is that my community is completely divided and they
love to gossip. My hope is that if
I do not participate and continue to do my best to work with everyone that
eventually they will understand that it is not necessary to pick sides. I am going into Asuncion this week to
meet with my boss about my plans for the next 4 months and after everything
that has happened I now have a lot of questions. Most importantly I need to take studying Guarani more
seriously because apparently I sat and smiled while a room full of people bad
mouthed my host family and contact, not my most successful day in Paraguay.
Hey, at least my English classes are going well!</div>
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Sorry for the lack of pictures, I left my connector cord in the States. The cord is in a package that hopefully gets here before Spring! </div>
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I have developed the nasty habit of starting to write blogs
and never going back and finishing them.
One idea for a blog that I had was all of the stories of my language
mix-ups (of which there have been many).
I have forgotten some along the way but here are my <b>top 4 </b>language mistakes in Paraguay.</div>
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*Please be aware my Guarani is not perfect and a lot of
these words aren’t in our books so I am doing my best with spelling, although I
doubt any of you guys would realize I misspelled anything…</div>
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**Also some of this blog has more mature content, I don’t
think I have a big children following but it might not be the most appropriate
thing for them to read. </div>
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1. tembi’u vs. tembui: During training we all learned the Guarani word
for food, tembi’u. During a class that
I wasn’t even a part of, my friend Cari mispronounced the word, accidentally
saying tembui. The professor
laughed and told her not to say this.
It turns that tembui actually means ‘little penis’. The problem with this is that although
everyone in my group has graduated college and is over the age of 22 we are all
still pretty immature. Everyone
was running around saying both tembi’u and tembui and pretty soon it got mixed
up in my head. During training we
were told that we needed to practice Guarani with our host families as much as
possible since as Agriculture volunteers we were going to more rural areas and
Guarani would be crucial to our success as volunteers. During dinner one night my family asked
if I was hungry and of course I said (in broken Guarani): Ha’use tembui. Direct translation: I want to eat
little penis. </div>
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2. por<i><span style="font-family: Cambria;">â</span></i> vs. ipor<i><span style="font-family: Cambria;">â</span></i>:
Another
mistake that I made for about a week during training was telling people that I
am pretty. In Paraguay they love
anyone with eyes that aren’t brown.
They don’t understand what color my eyes are and they think that I am a
‘rubia’ (which they use to indicate fair skin). Add this to the fact that this is a very machismo culture
and men constantly hit on everyone and it is not the best combination. Lots of volunteers get annoyed with the
constant attention and Paraguayans don’t understand why we don’t fall all over
them as soon as they confess their undying love for us. The common Guarani greeting is
“m’baechipa” which is essentially how are you? The standard response is “ipora” which basically means I’m
good. Che in Guarani is I. I wanted to say “che ipora” which I
later learned is repetitive and unnecessary, but what I was saying is “che
pora” which means I am pretty.
This means that while men in town would ask me “How are you?” I would
respond, “I am pretty”. They would
then laugh and tell me how beautiful I was and go on and on and on. It wasn’t until my professor corrected
me that I realized how I was accidentally encouraging their ‘machismo’ nature
and asking to be hit on. </div>
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3. <span lang="ES-TRAD">preservativas</span>:
This
is a mistake that I made in Spanish, which is bad since I was a Spanish
major. The cooking in Paraguay is
extremely repetitive and generally has a ton of oil and salt. However, the food itself is generally
extremely fresh and delicious. I
do enjoy some Paraguayan food but I try and be extra polite and tell everyone
that I enjoy the food here more than in the United States. This usually results in them asking
why. The first time this was asked
this is how I responded, <span lang="ES-TRAD">“La
comida acá es mucho mas fresco, en los estados usamos demasiado preservativas
en nuestra comida.” </span>Now I am sure some of you reading this immediately
see my problem (Mrs. Daniel, Professora Barbas-Rhoden…) I just told my Paraguayan
host family that the food in Paraguay is much fresher and in the United States
we use too many condoms in our food.
My host-mom’s jaw dropped and her daughter immediately started laughing.
I quickly realized my mistake and tried to explain and then just starting
laughing as well. I still don’t know how to say preservatives in Spanish but I
think from now on I will steer clear of that one.</div>
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4. Che ro’y vs. Che ro’u: In
Guarani the y and u sounds are very hard for me to distinguish between (one of
my many language problems).
Generally based on context the people know what I am talking about but sometimes
it can give me trouble. Paraguay,
being in the Southern hemisphere is in the middle of fall and there have
already been some pretty cold days.
I decided to tell my host sister that I was cold when she saw me walk
into the outside kitchen in sweat pants, thick socks, and a big jacket. I looked at her and said what I thought
was “che ro’y” which means “I’m cold” turns out I said “Che ro’u” which means
“I want you to eat me” which is Guarani slang for “let’s have sex”. My host sister, who is 27, started
laughing hysterically at me. She
made some comment about how I needed to change if that’s how I was feeling and
then ran off to tell the rest of the family what had just happened. I sat in
the kitchen confused. It wasn’t
until later when I was talking to another volunteer that I realized what I had
said. Winter is on the way in
Paraguay and from now on I plan on sticking to Spanish and just saying “tengo frio”
whenever I am cold. </div>
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Guarani is full of double meanings and they love to trap me
into saying dirty things on accident.
I have told people that I was getting drunk when I wanted to say that I
was drinking maté in the morning, I have heard volunteers say they were horny
when they just wanted to comment on the weather. It is important to watch what you say in this country,
something that I have learned over and over. I only hope that eventually I get good enough at the
language so that I can get in on the jokes and they can stop being about me. </div>Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538112896084473399.post-39983343360885251862012-05-25T06:18:00.001-07:002012-05-25T06:18:12.765-07:00Have you met Copper?<br />
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<span lang="EN-US"> After getting back from the wedding and
spending a week at training (I don’t have the energy to write about training,
it was nice to visit my first host family and see all my friends!), I made the
decision to get a puppy! I knew that I wanted to get a puppy at some point
during my service but I felt that I should wait until after I went home since I
would be out of site for almost 2 ½ weeks.
When I was at training I found out that my neighbors (well they live
about 40km away, close in Paraguay) found 4 little girl puppies that they were
trying to find homes for. I decided
which of the remaining 3 that I wanted based on personality descriptions and a
blurry picture. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> On
May 4<sup>th</sup> I went to town to pick up my puppy. She is adorable! I eventually decided to name her Copper,
after the fox and the hound. She
probably weighs around 8 lbs and is not going to be a big dog. It has been really nice having a puppy, even
though I have to wake up around 4 times a night to take her out. She currently either sleeps in either a fruit
crate or at the foot of my bed. I am
aware that some people might think this is gross because she could have fleas
but she gets a flea bath twice a week.
Which reminds me, Mom if you are reading this would you mind sending me
some front line? </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> Copper
and I recently took our first trip back into town so she could get her first
vaccines. She managed to walk almost all
the way to the route (a 50 minute walk) on her leash, which was very
impressive. She handled her shot like a
little champion and everyone said how pretty she is! Although creepy men in
town used petting her as an excuse to try and pet me, that did not fly with me.
When I was ready to head back to site with the puppy it was around noon. I had taken the Cardoza Hnos. (bus line) back
to site the first time I returned with Copper and didn’t run into any problems.
This time the driver’s assistant told me that if I wanted to bring the puppy on
the bus she would have to ride below with all of the luggage - keep in mind she
is an 8 lb puppy. I said some very angry
choice words in English to this man (which he didn’t understand which is lucky
because the next time I rode the bus I got charged half price) and sat back
down on the bench to wait for the next bus.
Thankfully the next bus driver wasn’t a jerk and Copper and I were able
to ride back to site. I also found out
that for her next vaccine I could go into town with her “puppy book” and buy
the shot from the vet so that she no longer has to come into town with me. This will make my life much easier. Copper won’t be traveling back into town
until she goes to get fixed in September.
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<span lang="EN-US"> Copper
also hates the town drunk! I am sure I have talked about Celso before but since
my computer crashed I can’t check my old blogs to see (prepare yourself for
some repetition). Celso is around 36
years old and spends about 4 days a week obliterated. After 4 years of college and working at a
restaurant where I have seen grown men so drunk they try to pee on video games;
I have never seen anyone get as drunk as the local drunks in Paraguay. Since booze is so cheap here Celso spends 2
of his free days sleeping and recovering and the remaining day of the week
working. A liter of 80 proof sugar cane
alcohol is about $1.75. When Celso
first met Copper he kept saying how pretty she was like her owner (he loves to
tell everyone how pretty I am, and how I am “the queen of Paraguay”), Copper
immediately started barking. The hair on
her spine even rose, which I have never seen before. Copper also likes to spend her free time
hanging out on my porch guarding it from people. Although it can be annoying at times (she
loves to bark) I have decided that in the long run it will be a good thing
having a dog that will bark her head off if someone random comes to my house at
night. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"> As
of right now I am extremely pleased with my decision to get a dog. A lot of
times Paraguayans kill female puppies or abandon them (which is what happened
to Copper) so I think it will be a good example for the people in town to see
that you can have a female dog without constantly having puppies. I have also had a lot of people ask me if
they can have her when I leave. I have
been responding that I am not sure if I will leave her or take her with me yet
but it is nice to know that if for some reason she can’t come with me, people
will be willing to take care of her. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Mom here is my address again for that
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<span lang="EN-US">Some people have been asking about packages
getting to me. I have been getting
things eventually and I haven´t had any issues with things getting stolen from
packages. It takes between 3 weeks and 2
months for me to get packages. I brought
back a French press from the states so I would love some coffee, peanut butter
is always good, cds, books, anything to help with the coming winter. The sun sets around 5pm and I generally don´t
leave my house after dark because the only people hanging out are people I
shouldn´t be hanging out with. Bring on the movie marathons and charge up the
kindle!</span></div>Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10020035218483414908noreply@blogger.com0