I spent two days worth of salary on sandals

This post has nothing to do with my title, but i just recently bought shoes and am excited. i came to peru with flip flops and was told im not allowed to wear them so i almost have no shoes. we get 8 soles a day on pc salary, which is a little under 3 dollars. but it was so worth it.which is probably a pointless fact, haha.

picture time!

where we stayed at for orientation! well, not here, the building behind this, the bright green sign:)

random shot of part of the town

this is one of the things i find the most crazy about--in my town there can be pretty decent houses, and RIGHT next door will look almost like a shack. i have a pretty nice house and am spoiled, but the volunteer next to me lives in something similar like this but its all cement.

my hermana who i told to make a crazy face, and I guess I went to crazy-happy on her.

outside my bed room window of my little dirt town

these people love love LOVE fiestas! which consist of dancing, eating, drinking, and crazy fireworks. starts around 4 and the town stays up till like 6 or 7 in the morning! i wont admit what time it was, but i was the first one to sleep, even before my 2 yr old brother!

these are the insane fireworks, built on planks of wood. when it goes off, i started running bc they go in the crowd and everywhere! i had to run to miss them.

some quick facts:

1)i saw a llama finally!
2)i ate cow intestines and havent gotten sick yet, but dont think I want to try that again.
3) 7 more weeks till i get into site and will be working with kids and youth!
4)i got chased by 3 dogs last night until a peruvian saw me and saved me
5)I feel like a very awkward gringa around my family bc i still dont understand what theyre saying, and we are constantly having misunderstanding conversations. my mom will be talking about something and i will respond on a completely diff subject thinking im answering her, but i end up just confusing everybody that's around me, haha. But its fun, m learning slowly. a group of us volunteers have been having to interview random people on the street, and I finally can ask questions with them understanding!
6)me and a few others started our first youth group! during training we are supposed to get a bunch of youth together and teach them something. Last week we had 15 youth show up--we'll be teaching them english through music and art, and will also be doing some culture exchange information as well.











ill post more pics later when my comp is faster!