May 21: just had to show you all this fun thing. Sometimes amidst project meetings, translation attempts and class preparation, it seems good to stop and do something simple and creative! Here is a finished product, a little chair, and
May 15: Today was/is Mother's Day in Paraguay and it was a great day spent with my host family. I'm so privileged to be part of this family during my time away from home.
When Steve Martin said that, I laughed, but I thought about it this way, too - The sun goes down, you lose it. There is the darkness of night, and the next day, how great! There you are again, back
I've been meaning to tell you about a very exciting project in my new site. It's so surprising and I'm very grateful. I will go into some detail because I believe that the unusual happenings are in the details. I need
I gave up the idea of staying in Asunción for the day. I had planned to spend Friday night there after my meeting at headquarters, with the idea of attending a great conference on Saturday. But, I decided to return
I woke up intentionally early yesterday - at 5:00 a.m. - so I could get on down to the corner here in San Bernardino to catch the bus to Asuncion, avoiding the work crowd that fills the bus early in
As I sit here typing this note to you, I'm feeling a little tearful, not out of sadness but simply out of wonder for how life works. At 62 years old, I still find myself amazed at the turns life
The juice of a most delectable mango is running down my chin as I try to type. I think I may be in heaven, actually. Most every night Nuni delivers to me a cold mango brought from the patio refrigerator
After the multiple security issues and other factors I experienced in my site, it was decided that it was best that I no longer live in Yataity. With sadness, but with great hope for the future, I have said my
A belated thank you to Nilda and Ignacio Medina in Guarambaré, their family, and the priests of Iglesia Natividad de Maria, with whom I spent New Year's Eve. It was an occasion of fun, laughter, and warm conversation. I'd had a