Friends from Denver, Elizabeth, Collin, and Stacey, came to visit us in Paraguay at the end of June. It was an incredible visit, and we feel really fucking blessed they wanted to visit us. We spent 5 whirlwind days seeing the Paraguayan countryside, before taking off for the total eclipse in Argentina. We asked them...

This is a blog post that we actually wrote about 6 months ago, but never posted (we aren’t good bloggers, but if you are still reading, thank you). It’s something that has truly encompassed our time in Paraguay so far and something we look forward to experiencing and sharing in the future. More than ever, we need to...

It’s been a hot minute, and by that we mean 2.5 months. These weeks have been hectic, emotional, HOT, frustrating, exhilarating, and so much more. Our last real update was at the end of October, as we were wrapping up projects in Yatytay. A quick glance at a few things that have happened in the interim: We said some...

We have a few blog posts in the hopper right now, but since we are already two weeks into 2020, we wanted to get a goal reflection and setting post out of the gate first. The reflection part is not super interesting, TBH, but we are humans that fail, and we like to be accountable and honest about what isn’t...

As we come to the close of our time here in Yatytay, we are wrapping up some final projects and thought we would do an update on where they stand. Trash collection project During our 3-month gap in update blog posts, we did not really get a chance to talk about this project, but this has been one of our main focuses...

Hello! Hope this post finds everyone in good spirits and health. As we approach the end of our time in our community, we are trying to reflect back on the few months, and update our a blog a bit. And so, here we begin…. Argentina Trip We were very lucky to have a large number of visitors this past July both in...

Some big things have been afoot here in Paraguay! While we are missing our family and friends in the US (like, literally all the time), we have accepted a position to extend our Peace Corps service an extra 6 months. While we are sad to not be coming home as soon as we previously expected, we are very excited for this...

Happy August! Today we are posting about our resolution check in – a month late, but here we are. Overall, we are doing pretty well with our resolutions. We did a lot more traveling and have had more visitors this year, which has made it a bit difficult to keep consistent with some of them. That being said, we still...

Hope all our friends and family in the US are having a wonderful summer! Looks like via our avid social media stalking that the wildflowers are poppin’, babies are growing, and that you are all pursuing different life adventures with zeal! We realize it has been a longggg time since we last posted (even though that...

One of the best parts of our Peace Corps experience has been welcoming visitors to this little-known country, and showing them the beauty of Paraguay. The Kintish parents visited us in February, and now we have hosted the Bell parents as well! Read on as Peggy and Dave Bell share about their first experience in South...

Over the last couple of months since the end of our Basura Cero project, we have been thinking about the outcomes, and how to improve the project this year. The district superintendent approached us about possibilities of project expansion, and we were excited to take on the challenge. So, we got to work asking...

You’ve heard from Dylan’s parents and our friend Julie about the last couple of months, but now here’s our recap and some more on the beginning of 2019 here in Paraguay. Alina and Daphne Visit Towards the beginning of December we had a chance to welcome our friends Alina and Daphne to...