I get angry now hearing or thinking of people in the developed world complaining that women in third world countries need to have less children. I cannot think how americans can think this, when they themselves have so many familia issues. I can not understand when latin culture values its children so much. do you know that even when the soccer teams here had their finals, the photo at the end of the game included their sons, nephew, cousins, daughter, etc? Can you see an American Futbol team´s photo on our sports page with children in the photo? Here it is common to see on the front pages of Ultima Hora or ABC COLOR. YAY for Cerreo Porteno fans, and players and their children. Children are the happieness of an unhappy life. they are the joy that your life has meaning. Your suffering may lead to happiness for your children. Each day surrounded by the cries, laughter and naivity of children, slips one away from their own pestimistic minds. Please i dont want to hear anymore about child planning, not now.
Peace Corps Memory Imagine walking into your host family's small dark, humid, dirt floor, home with two bags. All you can think of is how much stuff you have. How in these two bags you have so much stuff, worth more than anything in this home and all your host family's possessions put together. How come you have so much stuff? In the US two bags for two years isn't much, but here it seems ridiculous someone would even own this much. Why do i need so many clothes? I have an iPod! Wow I need to hide that! You are shown to your room that you will be sharing with your host sister. she has a nice smile but is timid like yourself. Your language in either Spanish or Guarani is lacking, and so you sit. A few days later, you know its important to get out and see the community. They teach you this in training, so you decide to go for a walk. You come upon a home and you clap twice, the greeting that lets anyone know you are entering their property, and say Mbaechipa, the greeting yo...
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