Interesting things about this place!----> There are birds here that have orange dagger like spurs on their wings. They dive at you when you are on their territory and try to stab you. We know a guy that got cut open on the thy it left a scar. I was attacked several times they are the size of a chicken... Imagine a flying chicken that wants nothing but to kill you and has mini swords...

Apperant...ly my name directly translated into Paraguayan spanish means (someone whos wife cheets on them with their best freind) everyone laughes at me lol.

Someone was making fun of sam and how he doesnt speak spanish to their freind and then he looked up and said "yeah but I understand spanish" HAHAH I laugehd so hard.

The frogs sound like little girls screaming off in the distance here it scared sam and I when we first heard it.Super funny.

The tea here is AMAZING for those of you who know my infatuation with tea you realise how big a deal this is to me.

My Spanish is getting better and so is Sams! I am very proud of him.

We realised that you dont need a gym if you just use small children as weights to work out with like curls and a squat rack... Basically free gym memberships are perks to having kids in the future I realised.

Some times butcher shops are ironicaly used as vetranary hospitals here

We get lost all the time its really frustraiting.

Also... you have to watch your back when you buy water. I just bought a bottle of water. What I though was a regular bottle of water was actually just fizzy water with out flavor... it alwasy scares me when I think I just bought a bottle of water but NO its all of a sudden scary fizzyness in your mouth!!!! AHHHH. Any way this place is awesome inspite of the weird water

Something that is really sad is that its hard for people to get books here because the mark up price is so high. Bibles here cost like 50 to 100 bucks.. whichto someone who works in the field for 9 bucks a day... thats a big deal. My heart breaks for the people thave the desire to educate them selves and simply read a book but cant. Even more so for those who want to read Gods word but have a hard time finding it as easily accesable as we do in the US. We have a lot to be thankful for in the US.

We talked with the director of the refuge for kids with aids (gardin de esperanza) He was basically the coolest guy I ever met. He told us about the tragedy and blessings that God had placed in his life that inspired him and his wife to open Gardin de esperanza. I hope to share the story with you guys when we get back. These kids have HIV and aids and God has blessed them with helth and a loving comunity. Most kids with aids get dumped by their family because people are afraid to touch them their entire families abandon them because of something that they cant help. When they started Gardin de esperanza most of the kids they took in were on the virge of death and alwasy in the hospital because of their am immune system. HE said that God had blessed them and that none of the kids have needed t go to the hospital for 4 years. These kids are amazing and so full of energy and joy working with these people and these wonderful kids has been life changing and inspiring. The director talked about following Gods calling for your life. In paraphrased Spanish he said "My wife and I werent qualified at all but over time God taught us about Aids and HIV and he gave us resources and funding and the blessings we needed to make his calling for us happen. If you follow what God has for your life no matter where you come from or who you are God can use you for his glory and his kingdom. God puts it on the hearts of many people to donate and love these kids and with out God working like this the home could not function and this is how we know we are doing the will of God" SUPER RAD! I was so inspired. Love you guys.