“Beginings are scary. Endings are sad. But it’s the middle that counts.”
The one year mark is approaching and it has definitely flown by. Life in the Peace Corps has had its ups and downs, and its been really hard. But over all its been the best experience of my life.
As some of you know I started the new year at a new site. This is not typical of Peace Corps. You should spend the two years of your service in one place but unfortunately things happen and I as given a new site.
Leaving Puca Chicta was very sad. I miss my youth which I had no idea I was so attached. Leaving behind what was already familiar is always hard. But the transition has seem seamless.
I’m still in the Amazon, but living in a different province. The province of Pastaza. Life in Puyo Pungo (kichwa meaning door to the clouds) has been real good. I am actually working for an organization called Fundacion Runa. This organization is a great organization that promotes the planting and harvest of wayusa. Wayusa is a native plant used by the Kichwas. It is said to give strength, cleanse the body and ward off snakes. The elderly are accustomed to wake up at 4am to cook the wayusa and drink it. Puyo Pungo has really been the door to the clouds as is its name in kichwa. Its beautiful and the people are great. So far there has been lots of work and life is good. I will update more later, not much time today.
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