Hey all!Well, training is over, and I am in my community of La Venta, 40 minutes south on the Panamerican Highway from the city of Ica. Thus far, as an actual peace corps volunteer, all I have done is bought a dresser for my clothes and unpacked. But today, I am going to go to the school and see about finishing their grey water system and teaching about worm composting. Its a bit scary doing all of this on my own, and all in horrible spanish, but it has to hap...

Hey all!Well, training is over, and I am in my community of La Venta, 40 minutes south on the Panamerican Highway from the city of Ica. Thus far, as an actual peace corps volunteer, all I have done is bought a dresser for my clothes and unpacked. But today, I am going to go to the school and see about finishing their grey water system and teaching about worm composting. Its a bit scary doing all of this on my own, and all in horrible spanish, but it has to hap...

Hi everyone,Things here have been pretty hectic here lately. On wednesday, I had my final language exam, which didnt go so well. I dont even know where my head was at. I got a card that said to describe a car accident to the police. Instead of doing the usual, there were two cars that hit eachother, and no one was hurt, and they only need to fill out forms, I made up this ellaborate story using incorrect spanish and wrong verb tenses. The interviewer asked m...

Hey everyone!Well, its been a long and hard week for us new Peace Corps volunteers. Last Friday, we found out our site assignments. I am going to live in La Venta, Ica for the next two years! Its about 30 to 40 minutes south of the city Ica. Which is nice, because a current volunteer lives 10 minutes drive from me north, and another new volunteer, Kate, 5 minutes south! So I am definitely going to ask for a bike from the Peace Corps. Especially since my houes...

Hey everyone,I went on a mini trip with the WATSAN group this weekend to the department of Ica. We were in a small town of Bernalez, near the regional capital of Pisco. It was a pretty poor place, with clay houses and tin or thatch roofs. It was the middle of the desert, so you can only imagine how hot and sunny it was. All the vonunteers got sunburnt! We stayed in a community building with a basketball court, which they use to play soccer mostly. It was nic...