On the cusp...bridge to SERVICE

Yes, today, April 23, 2009 (International Day of the Book, hooray) was our final day of training. We`ve had a full week (like all weeks of training!), complete with a visit to the Ministry of Education, and the Museo de Las Memorias in Asuncion; a session on bicycle maintenance (many of us will receive bikes from the PC to use in our sites); learning how to cut wine bottles to make glasses and other objects; compost creation, planting a vegetable garden (and trees on Arbor Day!), the requisite group dynamic activities, and more (including language proficiency interviews, both in Spanish and Guarani--ndaipori problema!)...

Our training class, G29, swears in tomorrow, 4-24, at the U.S. Ambassador´s residence in Asuncion. We´re especially thrilled because all 31 of us will become Volunteers, a 100% swearing in rate! The 11 week process has been pretty intense, and we´re all eager to travel to our sites next week. But first, time for some much deserved R&R in Asuncion as we celebrate this milestone.