Not Much to Add But Photos

Joe and a giant ant hill. Luckily these are not close to our house.

A flooded field after it rained, the sky is beautiful in the water.

Enjoying yummy Iowa sweet corn and mashed potatoes. Thanks for the seeds Heits.

Joe, the naturally cowboy

Joe and I riding horse.

We are back in Asuncion and you know what that means....more pictures! We have been trying to take a lot of pictures. Its not too easy right now because there is not much going on. Time has gone by fast, it is almost December...we have been here for almost a year. We have learned and grown a lot, this experience has definately helped us grow and mature in our marriage. We are together all the time and we will never be together this much the rest of our life. We both really enjoy the time together.

We are om Asuncion and Friday we are going to leave to go south in Paraguay. There is a volunteer Thanksgiving party, there are a lot of activities planned, a pool, and some good food. We might go see the ancient ruins so maybe we will have more pictures later. The pool will especially be nice, it was about 100 degrees today. It will be crazy to be sweating buckets during Christmas when at home there will be snow.

I don't have much else to add in words but I will add some pictures.

Toni, We are proud of you!

I apologize for not blogging for a long time. Joe and I have not had much time for the Internet. When we come into town we have to print off photos for people in the community, buy food, and run other errands. Today we came in for a full day to relax while running errands and send home some Christmas gifts. We have been doing pretty well, trying to stay busy because it is a boring time now. The kids are having tests at school and then they go home so there is not much for us to do at the school. I was really sick with stomach pains this week and today I am starting to finally feel better. I wanted a nice fluffy couch, cable tv, and some ice cream. Luckily it was cooler this week and a lot of rain so I didn´t feel too bad laying around doing nothing.

Joe is getting a community group started and we are trying to get some money from the government to build brick ovens so they don´t have to cook on the ground. Soon summer vacation will start and we plan on having day camps, going to Chile, and opening the library to help kids with reading. There is not much else to blog. We will add pictures in a couple of weeks when we go to Asuncion.

I also wanted to say how proud we are of Toni, my little sister. She just graduated from Air Force boot camp in Texas. We wish we could be there but we are definately thinking and praying for her. We love you Toni and couldn´t be more prouder! You finished boot camp and have a great trek ahead of you.