Hey everyone!I have been helping my dad alot in the chacra. We cut asparagus, which is harder than it looks. Its so labor intensive! And it hurts your back pretty bad. I mostly ride my bike out there to bring him his breakfast, then cut a few asparagus, and ride back to my house. So, I think all americans are going to think this is funny: Once in a while, I hear parents call their kids "chooky", and wondered what it meant. it is supposed to mean tha...

Hey All!Hope things are well! Things are going well here! Last night, I saw the dance of black people, I believe is the literal translation of what my mom said. "la baile de negritos" It was very interesting! They play a fiddle, and dance in a circle, stomping their feet. It was cool. I want to learn how to dance like that. They also have guys in masks that act like they are drunk (or very well could just be drunk) that make fun of people and dance f...

Hey Everyone! Things are really starting to pick up here. I started my surveys in my community. Really, its easier to go around with a peruvian, but I just cant wait around for my community partner anymore. She was gone for a month, then was too busy to see me, and now her daughter has appendicitus. So I am going to go around by myself. I also have started to teach english twice a week. One hour for adults and one hour for kids each day. I teach with another...

Hey all! Hope the new year is bringing lots of fun and good times! I spent New years with my family, even though all of the other volunteers got together in Asia, Lima to celebrate on the beach and sleep in tents on the beach. That sounded like lots of fun. But I couldnt refuse my family when they said they were going to burn a doll of me, in my honor. Weird. Its actually a scare crow, filled with hay. We made it the day of new years eve, hung out and ate lo...

Oh sad time it is for peace corps volunteers! Christmas away from home, in a strange place with strange customs. I spent christmas with my host family here in Ica. Its a custom here in peru for the family to stay up until 12 am of the 25th of december, and then we put the baby jesus in its cradle onto the nativity scene, and eat a full meal at 1 am. We go to bed about 3 am. It was fun, but still nothing like the feeling of christmas at home. No snow, no tree...