Ita Enramada Hotel & Casino Asuncion

... to see our churches improve in. 1) in bridging the intergenerational gap that we find in all too many of our churches, and 2) improving the relations between our Canadian and American churches. It´s been really interesting discussing this with the other delegates, and also with the many partticipants who have come and asked me about this after we shared this with everyone at GYS. I´ve had many opportunites to explain how ...

... in front of the door it was a private house... We knocked on the door, and a lady who was obviously having supper opened the door and we tried some guitars in the house's former garage. :) In the end, a pretty guitar over the shoulder, we went back to Asunción in the little bus with square wheels, laughing. :D

After that Daniela took her flight back to Santiago, so for money reasons I went back to the crummy hotel for my last night in Asunción, and then I hit the road back to Argentina.

... tait supposée rester seulement 5 jours, nous devions tout faire rapidement. Malgré la réputation du Paraguay, nous n'avons pas eu de problème de sécurité, mais nous avons eu de la chance. Lorsque nous nous promenions entre le palais présidentiel (la grosse meringue blanche carrée) et le fleuve, nous pensions faire le tour du palais et revenir sur la rue de l'autre côté. Un gars qui faisait son jogging nous a arrêté, et nous a dit de ne pas aller plus loin: littéralement ...

... feel during the week. It was really hard and sad to leave my host family that I lived with during training. There was a lot of crying all around town in the days before all the trainees had to leave. My family was great, and actually just now while writing this they called me to check up on me. They've actually been calling or texting once or twice a day since I ...

... I saw an awful moto accident on the side of the road. Two people died, and the bodies were laying out there on the ground with a group of people around them before anyone arrived. Another group had passed by about an hour and half earlier and said that they were there then as well. Everyone supposes that they were waiting for the news cameras to arrive before the bodies were taken away. That definitely makes since there is no taboo on showing dead ...

... it to keep animals out, with machete and all. It is really fairly easy but would take a few hours if only one person were doing it. I've learned to do some Paraguayan things, such as cleaning, peeling, and preparing manioc, and making terere, which is mate herb with several yuyos - or medicinal plants - added to water. It´s drunk with a special straw and cup (or guampa) and is similar to Argentinean mate. I ...

... our work in the community - so meaningful when you consider that these 3 individuals couldn't even turn a computer on 8 months ago. Our to-do list was all checked off by the first week of December, leaving us with ample time to spend with our favorite families. Among the most prominent of our conversation topics was the lengthening drought - 5 weeks of no rain in Paraguay and days and days of 100 degree temperatures were taking their toll on ...

... other nurses made up a skit for puppets about saying clean, not drinking the river water ect. it was fun and we also taught about brushing your teeth again. The next day we went to another villiage and did some testing for diabetes there, and I also got to do some real nursing work, seeing patients my self and asking questions giveing medications, of course Denise was right there but it was fun to feel like I could actually do something ...

... für die gute Organisation gelobt. Warum sie es dann nicht gleich selbst schneller machen können, ist noch eines der Rätsel, das ich lösen muss. Aber wie sagte der andere deutsche Praktikant, der zwei Monate hier war, jetzt aber abgereist ist? "Das Lohnniveau eines Landes wird durch die Produktivität des Produktionsfaktors Arbeit bestimmt. Die Löhne hier sind niedriger als im Iran. Was sagt dir das über die Arbeitsmoral?" Touché. Ich möchte das aber ...

... plastered across the entire frontage of the place I chose, this seemed to cause all sorts of consternation for the serving staff. I thought ordering coffee with milk was one of very few phrases I had cracked but three seperate waitresses cracked up in hysterics before fetching a guy who seemed to understand what I wanted. There was still some slight confusion as he brought a mug of coal black liquid and a microwave from the kitchen and then my drink was then mysteriously heated for ...