Hello from Miami! I am sitting in a hotel room with a bunch of volunteers sharing computers to write home and watching our last American reality shows for a while over a few beers.The day has been so intense but really great and easy in terms of getting here and meeting everybody. It was so hard to walk away from my family and six-pack in the airport, but also so supportive and beautiful and I

Thank you to all family and friends that have made my last week in the States for awhile so happy and busy and fun! I'm going to miss you all more than you know and of course be in touch all the time! Thanks so much for all your kind notes, gifts, emails, advice, hugs...I put up the pics from this week on ofoto--so be sure to check them out! Otherwise, take care, keep in touch porfa porfa, and

Siscuz Kelse and Jaime Joven, our PSU friend from the DR trips, came down to visit April 28th to play in D.C. We saw the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetary, had lunch in Clarendon, walked around the Mall, World War II Memorial, Lincoln, Vietnam, Korea, FDR, and the White House, and ended the night with a delicious (early) birthday dinner for Kelse

Scrumptious pizza dinner with Faraj (who is my favorite.) We created this blog, because MySpace is creepy, and my family can't check in on Facebook.-Leaving for Bolivia on Monday, May 8th. BIG PARTY MAY 6TH.