Wow, it's so much fun to see who all is checking out my blog! :)

August 20th marked a month in Paraguay! (And I haven't written much at all! I'm so sorry about that!) So far I still love it, granted I'm still in the honeymoon stage- everything is an adventure still! (When ISN'T it, in Paraguay!?)

The past week, I spent in the Chaco, in Loma Plata, at the Expo (aka. fair). Except for the German spoken, it was like I was right at "home" in TX! (Not home, but it's the states!) There's dust everywhere, a big sky, country music, ranches... Today I even saw a TX license plate in Asunción! Back to the Chaco, Mennonite World Conference had a booth there, and we passed out fliers and explained all about the upcoming conference. This was all in spanish, which wasn't a problem for me (Or maybe, those of you following this blog from Paraguay, can comment otherwise! haha) until I would come across people who only speak German, at this point other MWCers who speak German would step in and save me. :) All in all, the Chaco was a good experience, but I think I'll leave it as that, there's WAY too much dust for me! :)

Here are some photos from the Chaco...
From left to right: Ellie Toews and Alexa, Ryan Toews, Arnold Voth, and myself. (I work with Ryan and Arnold).
Bienvenidos al Chaco! :)

In Asunción, there are two major rival soccer teams: Cerro and Olympia. I went to their game today (they played each other), and they have the craziest fans ever! The entire time, they're jumping and singing (whole SONGS, with VERSES) , and it's nothing to have a couple of fights and arrests between the fans. After Cerro won :) there was someone with an Olympia shirt that ran in the Cerro section right behind me, and started a fight. And this is a normal occurrence at these games!

Well I need to get going, the house parents are going to lock up the computer room soon. But hopefully I'll update more often!