Site Selection Day

A lot has happened.  Last week was site celebration day!  You know, the day where some random person arbitrarily decides where we will be living and working for the next two years.  Before finding out, we were distracted by a short cultural trip to Aregua.  

And don't worry all my San Diego loves... i have found the beach after all.  My marine science degree is relevant in Paraguayan community health after all!  

But then our mini-vacation ended after an extremely fancy Spanish meal and we found out our sites.  

And naturally, I was the first one to be picked out of a hat to find out and drumroll please..... CORDILLERITA!!!

It is about two hours east of Asuncion on a bus right outside of a bigger town or pueblo called Piribebuy.  

I went to visit for a few days this past week and it is absolutely gorgeous.  There are rivers everywhere, with coconut trees and sugarcane overwhelming the beautiful red dirt roads.

It has a health post and a primary school up until 9th grade but kids have to travel into Piriibebuy if they go to high school.  There's a church that doesnt have mass every Sundays but more whenever they decide to.  Talk about tranquilopa.  I love it so far and will write more about my visit soon.  Hasta luego!  Hope you all are well!