Laura Left Me

this is a obituary for Laura.

Laura Rothlisberger was an intern for Fundacion Paraguaya for three weeks. Miss Rothlisberger left us on May 19, 2011 around five o' clock at the Asuncion Airport. Laura and Mika started a project together, interviewing women about their businesses. She was generous, happy, and so much fun. The women loved speaking to her and telling them their life stories. She took it all in. She is survived by her intern companions, Mika, Caleb, Ashley, Laura, Mike, and Wess.

She is greatly missed.

Services will be held at 10:00 or 11:00 am in some Eastern airport.


but i can't do this project alone. NO WAY JOSE.

so Caleb is joining me. yesterday was our first day on the project together. and it was quite fun.

caleb:
Chapter: CALEB
i met Caleb at BYU. we did an on campus internship for Fundacion Paraguaya together, and we thought it would be great to continue our work here together. yay.
all the women love him. his blond hair, fair skin and not to mention his light eyes. they often say "iporãterei" which means something like: aw, your cute and i want to take you home to my oldest daughter and you can be married and have cute babies and i'll feed you all of the empanadas you like.

Chapter: Ita
yesterday we went to the little town of ITA. and i lovedlovedloved every minute of it. it was a beautiful place. also gave me the most memorable colectivo ride of my paraguayan life. everything was perfect. it was a tiny bus, everyone was squished even though there were enough seats. cumbia was playing in the background (sample of cumbia: chh ch-ch chh ch-ch chh ch-ch chh, a good head and shoulder bob). people were talking, whistling and eating. the dirt roads were very textured with bumps and dips and outside my window there were palm trees, cows, green everywhere.
sorry disneyland, i found my happiest place on earth.

picture doesn't do justice, but this is my favorite bus in the world.

fun fact (it was fun about 3 weeks ago) but i had family members in 4 different countries. neat huh? we had: Paraguay, United States, Fiji and New Zealand. we are blessed to have these experiences. thanks to everyone who has and continues helping and supporting us.

con amor y cariño,
Mikaela (people call me that here. it sounds nice in spanish. huzzah.)




Comments

  1. patty dyckMay 21, 2011 at 12:15 PM

    reading about your experience there makes me totally want to go help out in some other country, especially in micro-business work. you are the bomb.

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