Visiting Piribebuy and Getting a Skin Rash!

Beautiful little waterfall in Piribebuy, Paraguay!

About two weeks ago, I went to visit another volunteer for four days to see what the life of a real volunteer is like and it’s very slow paced. He lived in a small community really far in the middle of nowhere called Mariscal Lopez. It was located about an hour walk from the small town of Piribebuy. He was a very nice guy and he introduced me to many of the people in his community. One day we went to a school meeting because school has just started for the year here in Paraguay (their summer vacation just ended) and the entire meeting was in Guarani and I understood nothing. I really feel like a baby right now, because I don’t know a lot and I’m just soaking up so much information every day. Anyway, he lived in a very small little one room house (12’x12’), but he has fixed it up really nicely (he has added a brick oven, a latrine, a floor, walls and a new ceiling). We didn’t spend much time inside because it was just too hot. He gets water from the local spring in the community which is where everyone gets their water. We purified the water by putting Clorox in it; one drop for every liter. We bathed in the river at the end of every day which really felt good because it was so HOT! It was really the only way of getting clean there where he lived.

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-- Luke Keeler