It's now two months that we've been living in Charagua, and we still are so very content here. Photos of some of our activities are in the "Charagua photo album" on the right. On our yard the maralfalfa is about knee high in some places and Ramont laid drip tape just last week. The vegetable garden is growing like crazy: tomatoes, watermelons, carrots, onions and herbs are doing the best. Lemons and avocados are dropping like crazy from the trees on our yard. The rainy season seems to be extending later than usual, which is quite a bonus. The nights are becoming quite cool but the days are usually still hot. We're getting to know people in town, particularly through shopping and going to churches (both Catholic and Evangelical).
In terms of work, we're still in the stage of getting a feel for the context and making initial contacts with potential partners. Recently we went with rural medical staff to give vaccination clinics in Mennonite and Guarani villages (see photos in photo album to the right). This is a good way for us to scope out some of the areas beyond the colonies, particularly their water situation. In the colonies, Liz translated for the Mennonite women--but only in the somewhat rare cases of them coming without their husbands. This is a good way to meet more people, and some have even come to visit us socially at home. The best part of the vaccination clinics, though, is witnessing the sheer terror of toddlers made to step on the weighing scale!
Progress is (very) slowly being made on the building that is to house the resource center (formerly referred to as a mini Centro Menno). It will almost certainly be a few more weeks before we can move books and other literature into it, but we are now in Santa Cruz gathering those materials at MCC. It's fun to be in the city again and to see our MCC friends, but also a bit overwhelming--so many things in the market! so much traffic! so much night light! so much internet access!...
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