!Tanto Tiempo!

Yes, so it seems like a theme here…I write out a whole blog entry and then oops something happens and it disappears…well I guess it helps for you because the second one is always shorter. Well, its exactly 8 months to the day that I have been in Paraguay and almost 6 months in my site…wow how time flies! The new group, G29 has arrived and sworn in and now g30 is coming in soon. It seems like g28, my group should be old hands at this Paraguay thing, though I am thinking am an sooo not adapted…My zona got two new volunteers so that is 6 in all in Caraguatay and the surrounding areas – we have a health and sanitation vol and then early elementary education. You might have heard a bit about Paraguay in the past few months – noticia numbero uno for us was the revalation of what our dear presidente did back when he was a bishop….i think he is up to three confirmed children now…one with a girl, now 22, that he baptised…in other news Paraguay is at the top of south American qualification for the football world cup (that’s soccer) and there are the next round of games coming up in june and then september, four more in Paraguay I hope to catch a couple, def…argentina v Paraguay in September.

A bit closer to home for me is that its been a super dry year, this year so it has delayed the planting of crops and my garden…you can plant all year round here and the winter is actually the bigger of the seasons because of the heat in the summer. My garden took longer then I expected, to dig the tablóns and cut, split and make the bamboo fence but its done and planted…sadly the weather didn’t work out for that, ill tell you more later. Hopefully ill get some super sweet veggies soon and next year my garden will be rockin b-c the soil will have improved. Right now it is depressingly clay-y…I have two more beds to dig which I am planning on planting with abonos verdes (green manures) and then the big news next week I am getting worms! Not the kind for your stomach but who knows I might have those as well, no I am starting to do vermiculture so ill now conquered my hatred of turning my compost pile because the little buggers will do all the composting work with only a bit of water and love….

Yesterday, the reason my garden might need some replanting, is that it rained all day and my yard has turned into a series of lakes, my backyard a marsh and I have a stream to cross to my garden…my roof sadly isn’t exactly roof-like either but no matter after that drenching no worries on the sequía and I can always replant my huerta…though I was so proud of my little rows etc…not that anything had sprouted yet.

No other news really, I am finally starting to work with the elementary school, no bee stuff bc its winter and the radio show is going great though now with five people competition for the mikes is fierce. You can listen! On radiolasmercedes.py.com at 9 am (eastern time, it’s the same) on Tuesday mornings…if you know guarani or Spanish it will make it more interesting and please tell me so I can send you saludos! Thanks for all the letters etc…I really enjoy them and the mail lady just assumes I am coming in…though note the address bc I have had some difficulties with that…oh I have a cat..or kitten her name is phillipa or phil and she makes my days and increasingly dark evening (5.30 here) more interesting.

Miss y´all!

Marcy

Random Video about PC PY

So this was made by some people that in the two years above me and one of the trainers....just some video and stuff so you guys have more of an idea I guess of my life...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZA78xUzwTA

Its going to be shown to the new volunteers before they ship out!