some shots

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The side of the road shortly after leaving the airport. 38 Celsius, approx, palm trees and humid.

The view from my parents yard a couple days before I left. Maybe a 60 or 70 degree difference

I read the book The Invisible Children shortly before I came here. About a doctor and his experiences with street children in La Paz, Bolivia. Many of them deal with their very hard life with assistance from sniffing paint thinner. Sure enough, here was one on the side of the road.

Half motorcycle half U haul?

My temporary place to stay. The guesthouse is on the left, I’m sharing a room with another teacher (from a different school, but here for training), and there have been a couple guys from Winkler that were working on moving some school buildings staying in the other bedroom. The house on the right belongs to my hosts.

Went to the market in Pailon on the 23rd. You can buy DVDs in bags. This one has 4, all Sandra Bullock movies.

The last few days have been a lot of taxiing around to Santa Cruz and back (my mode of transportation for the next year) which is a little different than North American ways! I’ve been working on getting my visa here, which involves a whoole lot more than I anticipated. Mostly it means lots of driving and lots of waiting, without being able to understand anything. I’ll share more about that once I get further in the process, right now it’s just chaos.

I went to the school for the first time today, and got into my classroom. Lots of cleaning and moving instruments/supplies to be done. It is REALLY exciting to see where it’s all gonna happen, see the schoolyard and soccer field. I love it

Thank you for all your prayers, I feel like I’m being smoothly guided through everything and I know that’s not me at all!