Ampitheater

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Saturday, January 31, 2015

Chocolate, ants, yellow, and Café de Soja?

Highlight of the Week: Nutella Crepes. (bendiciones de la ciudad ;) 

We found Hersey's chocolate chips and nutella in Stock this past week. Really now there isn`t any reason to miss the states :) 

Friday was the blackest day in ant history here in Amambay. We came home to a swarm in our kitchen. After weeks of being meticulously clean. Hna. Palombo was so mad. But after using all the bleach and ant killer and Windex in the house we got it under control. I think they were moving their ant nest, actually. So it`s been better these days. Just a few scragglers now. 

I painted my toenails yellow. But unfortunately yellow is really ugly when your toes are really really white and the rest of you isn't. . . so I had to remove it. Thank goodness fingernail polish remover exists here in Paraguay :) 

One of our less active members gave us Café de Soja to try. We were so excited :) Actually it`s not that bad when it`s got sugar in it. 

Hna Palombo and I have discovered that really a lot of the sounds we make in English are really ugly. Spanish is so much easier. :) (just something you pick up on when you try to explain how to make the `th` sound. . . and why t with s makes ch sometimes. . . :) 


Monday, January 5, 2015

New Year's Eve

We made brownies. from a box. for new years eve.
It was exactly like Christmas. Fireworks at midnight.
 

HAPPY NEW YEARS! December 29, 2014

Highlight of the Week: Seeing Hna Zuñiga and Hna Lino

My compañera and I are now colectivo EXPERTS. Well, almost. At least we got plenty of practice when we went to Ita and back for the Christmas activity. I love colectivos. But they`re better when they pass by when you want them to. 

We went to bed at 9 for Christmas. And then woke up to all the fireworks at midnight.  It`s gonna be the same this week. 

HAPPY NEW YEARS! 
Our CCM district, almost 18 months later :) 

Hna Zuñiga!!! Love that hermana

Paraguayan nativity

Our district

Pan dulce

Mangos

 Elias decorating the Christmas tree. . . so much fun :)
The gingerbread Christmas tree in all it`s glory