I have realized that this is the longest I have ever been away from home, let alone the states. There are things about home that I have forgotten, like what the roads look like, fences, and lawns with very inviting, green grass. Slowly but surely, the states that I call my home has become a strange and frightening place to me. I cant help but stare at tourists that walk down the streets, thinking of how different they are, and how much they dont know about my c...

Hey all! Hope things in the states are brightening! I am in sunny Ica once again, and have been out of my site for about 2 weeks now! So long that I have not seen my family! They really miss me. Apparently while I was gone, my dad tried to make rice a roni, and did it incorrectly, so ate raw rice for dinner!! My brother, peter, made mac and cheese successfully and LOVES IT! I am in training with the other water and sanitation volunteers for my group. Its such...

Hey all!!I got a package from family with love of great goodies!! Thanks a bunch! I found out that my family loves mac and cheese, rice a roni, and CASHEWS!! LOVE THEM! They keep talking about them, even though they ate 2 whole cans in one night. So if anyone want to send me cashews, you are more than welcome. They love them. I can buy mac and cheese in the store, and make it for them. I think they just like the consistancy of the noodles. My host dad also re...

Hey all! I just got back from my semana santa adventure in the jungle. Of course, I will put pictures up later. The jungle was not as hot as it is in Ica, which was a nice change. We went to two beautiful water falls, saw a tropical bird site, went to a bat cave, and ate the peanuts of the inkas. Quite the trip! After, We went to the sierra of Junin to see sites of other peace corps volunteers. What a difference and what beautiful sites! I was amazed, and ins...

Hi everyone! I have been really busy the last few weeks. I went to Lima for an english teaching workshop with the US embassy and someone from my community. I got lots of free things with it! But mostly, the information is what was really important. I feel like I have a good idea what I should teach, where I should start, and why its so important for people to know english. It greatly increases people's chance of being successful if they can speak english in ...