Sheraton Hotel Asuncion

Hello everyone! The internet access here at the main assembly gathered is much better than what I had at GYS so I can write a little more! It´s amazing, and also crazy being here with over 5000 other mennonites! I´ve been able to meet so many new people and also renew many old acquaintances that I havent seen in a long time. Here at assembly gathered we have 2 worship services everyday, and many workshops to take in. Actually ...

... our ice cream, we started walking along the road. We asked a toothless, spitting old gentleman for our way and he sent up roughly in the direction of the planet Mars, we walked for ages along the road and visited little stalls with shabby guitars, but it wasn't what we were looking for. Finally someone gave us the right info, we walked all the way back and then some more, and after nightfall we found the shop of Luque's most famous luthier! Well I say shop, but apart from a little ...

... in the Bolivian heights. Required: a little motorcycle (600-1000US$ new here, resold after), some money there (to buy the driving licence!) and stiff upper lip. The plan: 2 or 3 weeks on the road, from the jungle to the Altiplano, see everything on the way, sleep where we can, eat what we can, and cross fingers. Sensible mind and survival instinct not required. Please answer as fast as possible.

... comme un milk-shake (mais qui ne coûtent rien), et la route pour aller jusqu'à l'aéroport. Il est tout petit, il y a seulement 3 portes d'embarquements et aucun vol qui va ailleurs que dans le MERCOSUR... Pendant que j'attendais, un groupe de gens avec tambours, trompettes et compagnie faisaient tout un bordel en attendant une équipe de joueurs de football, quand Daniela est finalement arrivé j'avais mal à la tête!<br><br>Nous avons fait la découverte d'Asunción de nuit. Comme ...

... on an excursion with our group.We all had to go in on our own and check out different sites and offices and meet back up in the afternoon. My last site was the super expensive mall in the rich neighborhood. The rich neighborhood outside of downtown is actually fairly nice. Lots of gated houses, some cafes, etc. The mall was incredibly expensive, or at least in comparison. It's hard to buy a $50 shirt when we are living on a $3 a day stipend. Yes, we ...

... I imagine it must be quite difficult for them to have a new person in the house at this time, and I´m trying to be as respectful as possible. This morning there was a bad rain storm and the electricity went out at the house, which meant showering by candlelight. It had not come back when I left, and I hope it will be back by the time I get back this afternoon. The dirt road out to the village (which is really more a cluster of rural houses than a village ...

... waned. While I fretted that we wouldn't have enough food for the prolonged stay, that the kids would get bored, that we would never get out, they enthusiastically participated in their first experiences bird watching, identifying aquatic insects with a dichotomous key, conversing candidly about illegal logging (which for many is a way to earn their daily bread) and tent camping. They said, "Angela, don't worry so much. Why worry about the ...

... on the river sunday night by bus, then plans changed and we were going to go sunday after church with another couple, then changed again and we were going to take the night bus on monday, then changed again and we ended up going tuesday morning with the wife and the little boy. Then the adventure began, first we were in this little tiny van seven people and a ton of stuff. then we drove about 3 hours it was cool to see the country side ...

... Stunden zu spät gekommen sind und ich in der Zwischenzeit eingeschlafen war. Wenn ich das richtig verstanden habe, fanden sie aber nicht, dass da jetzt so viel dabei ist, mal locker drei Stunden zu spät kommen. Eine Einstellung, die ich noch öfter antreffen sollte. Das Wochenende hab ich dann hauptsächlich damit verbracht, innerhalb der Casa de Pasantes umzuziehen. Dadurch, dass wir hier nur noch zwei Praktikanten sind (ich und eine Spanierin), hab ich ...

... the town centre. I won´t pretend it was a particularly productive conversation with the cackling old girl behind the counter but despite me mostly saying "Si" in response to her questions, none of which I understood, I think we established that I was English, not American, and that the city centre was exactly the opposite direction to that which I had spent most of the morning travelling. Oh well, a minor set back, overcome by another hour of walking through bizarro streets. Once back ...