Here is Michael Jackson Paraguayo and his son at the 4th of July party.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Happy 4th of July! I can't believe it is already July, we have been in Paraguay for 5 months. We are celebrating Independence Day in Asuncion. On Friday there was a party at the Embassy during the day. We got to eat delicious hot dogs, burgers, potato chips, apple pie, and many other yummy desserts. Then at night most of the Peace Corps volunteers in Paraguay went to a park that we rented. We filled our stomachs with drinks, cotton candy, and popcorn. I think we ate about 6 bags of cotton candy. There was a bonfire with marshmellows, music, and a Paraguayan Michael Jackson. He was really good and he little son even danced. We took some video and will try to get it on the blog.
Since we last blogged we got our 3 packages—one from my mom, my dad, and Grandma Heits. We were excited to get Skittles which is our favorite candy. If you ever want to send us something we will always accept Skittles.
It has been off and on cold. Usually it is warm during the day. We got hit with the cold bug; we couldn’t stop blowing our noses for days. We ate lots of oranges off the trees and are feeling much better. We have been really busy working in the schools and we are starting to work on dental health. The garden at the school is going well, there are little green veggies coming up everywhere. We got broccoli and cauliflower seeds but they don’t eat much of those here so Joe and I will have to look for recipes that include broccoli and cauliflower to make for the students. Right now winter vacation is starting, the students will have 2 weeks off of school. We are going to be using our time getting the house ready and working on Joe’s census.
We were sad to hear Michael Jackson died. It was all over the Paraguayan news and all this week we have been hearing his songs on the radio. I can’t stop singing Billy Jean or Beat It. I can remember my sister and me dancing to Michael Jackson songs on the swing set on the farm or my countless failed attempts at doing the moon walk. I vote for Justin Timberlake to be the next King of Pop. We were lucky enough to see Michael Jackson Paraguayo.
Monday winter vacation will begin at the schools, there will be 2 weeks without classes. During vacation we plan to get our house ready and work in the school garden and plant our own garden. We will also try to visit a lot of people in site because everyone wants us to visit them, there is so many people and so little time.
Since we last blogged we got our 3 packages—one from my mom, my dad, and Grandma Heits. We were excited to get Skittles which is our favorite candy. If you ever want to send us something we will always accept Skittles.
It has been off and on cold. Usually it is warm during the day. We got hit with the cold bug; we couldn’t stop blowing our noses for days. We ate lots of oranges off the trees and are feeling much better. We have been really busy working in the schools and we are starting to work on dental health. The garden at the school is going well, there are little green veggies coming up everywhere. We got broccoli and cauliflower seeds but they don’t eat much of those here so Joe and I will have to look for recipes that include broccoli and cauliflower to make for the students. Right now winter vacation is starting, the students will have 2 weeks off of school. We are going to be using our time getting the house ready and working on Joe’s census.
We were sad to hear Michael Jackson died. It was all over the Paraguayan news and all this week we have been hearing his songs on the radio. I can’t stop singing Billy Jean or Beat It. I can remember my sister and me dancing to Michael Jackson songs on the swing set on the farm or my countless failed attempts at doing the moon walk. I vote for Justin Timberlake to be the next King of Pop. We were lucky enough to see Michael Jackson Paraguayo.
Monday winter vacation will begin at the schools, there will be 2 weeks without classes. During vacation we plan to get our house ready and work in the school garden and plant our own garden. We will also try to visit a lot of people in site because everyone wants us to visit them, there is so many people and so little time.
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