Marianna Castiaux In Paraguay

There are moments here in Paraguay where I become overwhelmed with hope. It is an emotion that hits hard and I start to tear. Today after receiving a notice in my mail box that i had to go to the post office to pick up a package (that means its big or they decided to keep it to make you charge $ for it), i found myself questioning What package could this be? After being lost and luckily finding yet another overly helpful paraguayan that basically WALKED me to the front door of the post office, I found a package waiting for me with many boxes of girl scout cookies. I thought to myself, why am i becoming emotional over cookies????? this is ridiculous! i could of done something better with the money, orrrrrrrr could i?? i thought what better way to show support for a brand new girls soccer team then to send them cookies ALL the way from the states. someone in the states, and in fact a whole group of girls, cares about a small team, still without their own soccerball in paraguay (we have s...

A real quick update: Our first reunion 10 girls showed up between the ages of 12 and 18. Many more girls than i thought! A few others also want to join. I thought the meeting would last only an hour but the girls were there for 2.5 hours. My sister reminded me that they have all been in the house all day, and just getting together and talking is fun. I feel like as volunteers we dont really see the full picture Our name SUPER GIRLS ( in english) is for our team, Super Chicas is for our comite. i presented my ideas of the last saturday of every month is a day where a different activity that i will lead will occur : Environmental Education, Nutrition and American Cuisine (aka how to cook with vegetables), English Classes, and Auto Esteem. My boss really likes my idea and is giving me resources for different organizations that can help me out. The girls want to have 7 shirts for our team ( we can switch skirts when one goes in to the game) that are neon pink. our aunt can make them. They...