We are coming to a turning point in our Peace Corps experience! We will get to become volunteers, we are very excited and cannot wait for our two years of service to begin. This past week I finished up my time at the school we were working with, it was interesting to see a Paraguayan classroom. We also went to the Peace Corps office and got more information about becoming volunteers. Also this week we got to participate in a couple of ultimate frisbee games. Joe and I had a great play and everyone was calling it ¨the husband-wife connection¨. But today we are very sore and tired. We are sad to leave our host family and not be around other volunteers in our group.
This coming week we will be wrapping up training. On Friday we have the official swear in ceremony at the US Embassy. It will be a great time to celebrate and dress up fancy. After swearing in we are going to spend a couple of days in Asuncion at a hotel with a swimming pool and air conditioning! We are also hoping for a fluffy bed. We will also recieve cell phones and are excited to be able to talk with family on phones instead of the internet. On Tuesday the 28th we will leave for our site and be there for the next 2 years.
Training was a great learning experience but there were also a lot of frustrations. Though we have definately progressed in our Spanish and are starting to learn some Guarani. We are ready to get out and work with the Paraguayan people.
We have recieved two packages this week on Monday. One from Aunt Dode and one from my awesome mother-in-law, which was full of some great games. I also got a letter saying that we recieved a package so hopefully we will get it tomorrow...Monday.
Uncle Doug I sent your Parguayan coins to you last Monday so hopefully you will receive them in a couple of weeks with the money still inside.
We miss you all very much! Thank you for all of your prayers, we appreciate them and couldn´t do this without the support of God, our family, and our friends!
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I miss you guys so much and am so so so glad to read that you two are doing so well. I hope you have a good time and rest up while you are at the hotel after getting sworn in. Congratulations on that too!
I sent you some pictures of Lane from Easter, I really missed my family this year, like I'm sure you did.
You wont believe how big Lane is getting, it's crazy! He is saying so many words, now we are just waiting for him to put them together.
So what I said to you before you left...no go yet!
Ok, I hope to actually TALK to you soon.
I miss you both very much!
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