Well Sometimes I tend to forget about this blog, sorry I haven't kept it up more frequently. =/  But anyway. Since my last post it has just been some weird inbetween time. Not until this week did I actually start english lessons again. My weeks have been filled with working with school supplies. Every year IDI provides a package of supplies to each child in the project with note books, pencils, folders, etc. and although that seems simple. but when handing supplies out to more than 500 kids its hard to keep organized. I often felt like it was out of my control at times, but I always did fine and kept my head up.

Since my last post one of the biggest changes is that My sister Rocio left for Korea and the new Korean volunteer has arrived. It was hard having Rocio leave because she was someone I could always talk to about anything, especially culturally. Although Its sad to see her go it has been nearly a month since she left (shows how long ago my last post was yikes!!) The new volunteer speaks very little english and is continually growing in spanish. when she arrived she knew NO SPANISH. yea... learning from scratch.... So watching her learn is a lot of fun. Teaching her things like voy vas va vamos van (I go, you go, he goes, we go, they go) and the basics. I remember when my spanish felt like a babies level when i couldn't talk with people and the other volunteers who had been in bolivia for a while already were like spanish master minds. I know realize that I am that to the new volunteer. Sorry I just realized I haven't told you her name, it is Eun Hye and goes by Ester in spanish. OH! and today was her birthday and she got cake in her face like any good bolivian birthday! Ah, haha not only me!

Next weekend is Carnival. That should be fun. I will be going to Stansberry, the orphanage that Jacob (another RAD participant) works at and we have a camp there of another church. Every year during carnival there are 'campamentos' for different churches, its away to get away from the city while they are all celebrating Carnival. Carnival can at times be dangerous, which means if you stay in your house you stock up on food, so you don't have to leave you house. I don't think I quite yet have a grasp for how crazy it gets but I hope from the after math that I get a better idea of this massive part of south american culter.

I think for lent I will be giving up Internet, which is very do-able but a big change, haven't really told my parents that yet, so I hope they read this or I talk to them before that.... Well.... yup!

Sorry this took so long!

JD