Anita Little Peace (Corps)

Hi everyone! I'm back with another life update for all of you. Month 2 in the country has been so fun and packed with events and experiences, so I decided to break this post up into four parts: training, family bonding, miscellaneous fun stuff, and finally...my future site!! Training      The last few weeks of training have flown by, but not without approximately a million things crammed into those weeks.     First and foremost, we had Long Field Practice (LFP), when we had the opportunity to visit the site of a current volunteer. This trip was our first time sleeping overnight outside our training communities and our first chance to give a Charla (literally "chat" but used for short presentations) to a school about environmental topics. I, along with five other volunteers (Tessa, Jaden, Jack, Chad, and Carolina), had the opportunity to see how a current volunteer (shoutout to Chris from C.6 - we love you!) lives, how his community is and what his life...

Hi! I'm back, and welcome to the next installment of my adventures.      On September 22nd, 2024, I left home to embark on the next chapter of my life as a Peace Corps volunteer. After a very hectic 2 days in Philadelphia, I met the 44 other people who have since become my close-knit family - shoutout PC Paraguay C.8 - we all started our 4,000-mile trek across the equator together. Fourteen hours, two planes, one bus ride, many card games, and not much sleep later, we arrived at our hotel in Arregua, Paraguay. The following 3 days passed us in a blur of orientation sessions, medical check-ins, and introductions to the Paraguayan culture. We even got a lesson on drinking tereré- a delicious traditional Paraguayan drink containing Yerba mate, various roots and herbs (depending on your preferences, of course, I'm a sucker for mint in mine), and cold water. Upon arriving in the country, spring was beginning. As the days got hotter and hotter, the 45 Americans quickly ada...