we made it.

SAFELY.

almost can't believe it. i was close. story behind that is that i was in arizona for the weekend to watch one of my favorite bands in concert. edward and the mag-ne-tic-zeros. left at 9:30 pm monday night, arrived in provo at 9:00 am. scrambled some things together and enjoyed a last hearty breakfast of yogurt and a poppyseed muffin. mamalita and maya picked me up at 11:00, air plane left at 2:30 on tuesday, april 26, 2011.


this is laura and me waiting to board our first flight
and the morning light from my window.

on my flight from buenos aires to asunción i sat next to a very nicenicenice brazilian woman named Magarida. we communicated in english, portuguese and spanish. neat things were happening in that conversation. when i left, we said goodbye with a kiss on the check. i love latin america.

arrived in asunción, paraguay at 18:00 (6:00 pm) april 27, 2011.

NOW TO WORK. and a lot of work needs to be done. i will be working with IKATU which means "you can do it" in the native guarani language. IKATU focuses on women cooperatives and their micro businesses.



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