Day 5 - el 29 de junio

Every day we eat as a group at a place in Isla Pucu named Comedor San Roque which feeds the poor kids in the neighborhood. One of the three projects we are doing for the week is painting a mural of the world at the comedor. This is what my group is doing. We are making the mural so that kids understand their surroundings and where thigns are in the world, and it looks nice on the wall of the comedor.

We started by making a grid, and there were about 1500 little squares in the grid. First we draw the borders of the country for each square, and then we draw it on the map. While we work the little kids hang around and I play with them. It is really fun even though I get destroyed in soccer by 9-year-olds. Also, a kid named Ricardo came up and tried to give David a present that cost him 32000 guarani ($8). This made me wonder, Did he need this money for food? This is just one example of the kind of selfless people that we meet here in Paraguay. After he gave the gift he started crying out of mixed emotions, knowing that we would be leaving on Friday. David, Joe and I all gave him a big hug.

My host family is awesome because they are so hospitable. I am having such a great time and I don’t want to leave. But don’t worry, I got souvenirs for Mom, Dad, Maia, Yardena and Elan.

— Jeremy