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 ...

Hey all! Today is my birthday!! Its 10 am and its already been a full day. My family cracked a raw egg over my head, which is supposed to be for good luck. You better believe that I am cracking a raw egg over all of their heads for their birthdays. Its a bit unpleasant. But peruvians think its funny. I bathes with freezing cold water in the morning, which was also not very fun, and went to the high school to give an essay assignment for Camp VALOR, which is ...

hey everyone! Its been a long time since I wrote anything, and lots have definitely happened. For a week, I slept in the classrooms of the grade school with 10 other peace corps volunteers, and 40 high school students from the states, along with their adult leaders. B3, an NGO from Conneticut came down to San Antonio, a small town in my district, to build latrines for families. It was quite the experience. My job mostly was to translate for the kids. We spen...