Don´t Worry, Be Happy

This blog is in no way associated with the peace corps and are solely my views.




Ok, so I´m finally in Paraguay and able to catch a second at the local internet hang out. Unfortuantly, I don´t have a lot of time but I´ll write as much as I can.

I got here a few days ago and got assigned to live with a fantastic family in a town called Aveiro. It´s about an hour outside of the town I thought my trianing was going to be in, which is called Guarumbare (where I´m at now). Most of the volunteers in my group are living here but because I´m a ¨rural economic developmnet¨ volunteer they are preparing me and 5 others out of my 18 person group to live a little more rural.

It´s a lot like you´d picture with the red dirt roads, beautiful farm life, and less than ideal economic conditions. My family is really great. I live with a 41 year old dad and his 2 sons, ages 12 and 8. (the mom is working in spain) They are tiny and hysterical. The little one´s name is Maxi and the older one David.

O gosh, I´m getting frustrated because I only have a minute more here.

Training has been really intense over the last few days. I´m not getting any spnanish training, only Guarani, which is truly insane. But I´m speaking spanish my family so thats good. I´ve also started learning about cooperativas how they function and the kind of work I´ll be getting into when training is over.

Unfortunatly I have to go but email me your questions at matthew.lebon@gmail.com and I´ll compile them and try to answer them in my next blog. Take care everyone!

Pounding this out!

Estoy Listo

So I've been reading all these Peace Corps blogs recently in preparation for my journey to Paraguay and to be honest I'm so ready to go that I've decided to start my blog before I even leave my bed. Like most, I'm ridiculously excited and nervous at the same time. I've heard so many things about Paraguay recently and everything I hear sends a whirlwind of thoughts through my head. I'm just ready to get there!

Well that's about it for this opening post. I officially leave on May 29th.; so hopefully my first "real post" will be shortly after. That post will surely be more interesting but I just wanted to get the ball rolling here.