HI KAYLA.....I JUST TRIED TO SEND YOU AN E-MAIL BUT IT CAME BACK TO ME!!!!!!!! kayla.herpers@yahoo.com IS THIS THE RIGHT ADDRESS???????????? I THINK OF YOU CONSTANTLY AND CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR YOUR SAFETY AND FOR YOU TO ADJUST TO PARAGUAY... "A LITTLE BIT"... I AM SURE THAT IT IS NOT EASY TO ADJUST TO SOME PLACE THAT IS SO DIFFERENT AND LEARNING TO UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE TALK AND GET USED TO THE CULTURE!!!! WE RECEIVED THE PHOTOS AND REALLY ENJOYED SEEING YOUR HOST FAMILY. IS THE HOUSE YOU SENT WHERE YOU ARE LIVING???? WHERE DO YOU WASH YOUR CLOTHES?? WAS THAT A PHOTO OF A CLOTHES LINE?? DO THEY WASH THEIR CLOTHES OUT BY HAND?? DOES YOUR HOST FAMILY HAVE A BLACK PUPPY??? THE PEOPLE SOUND FRIENDLY... AND YOU SAID MANY KNOW YOU ALREADY!! DO YOU TALK WITH GUSTAVOS OFTEN??? WE ARE HAPPY THAT YOU MADE THE WISE DECISION NOT TO RIDE ON A MOTORCYCLE:) YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY PROTECTION ON THOSE! THEY ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WITH NO STOP SIGNS OR STOP LIGHTS IN PARAGUAY!!! IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR HOST "MOM" IS A GENEROUS PERSON... MAKING LUNCHES AT THE COMEDOR! YOU SAID THE FOOD WAS DONATED BY THE GOV"T BUT NO LONGER... I AM HAPPY THAT YOU LIKE YOUR HOST FAMILY... I KNOW IT IS A HUGE ADJUSTMENT BUT BE STRONG AND DON'T GIVE UP IF EVERYTHING IS NOT GOING AS WELL AS YOU THOUGHT........ THIS I AM SURE IS A BIG BIG CHANGE AND IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR IT ALL TO WORK OUT. YOU TOLD US THAT YOUR "HOST" MOM IS VERY PROTECTIVE! THAT IS WONDERFUL. DOES SHE TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOU???????? SHE SOUNDS FUN AND LOVING?? THE PHOTO OF THE HOUSE THAT YOU SENT LOOKS NICE???
YOUR SISTERS ARE DIANNA AND ADRIANNA........ YOU TOLD US THAT YOU ALL MOVE INTO 1 ROOM WHEN THE WORKER FINISHES THE WALL.... DO EACH OF YOU SLEEP IN YOUR OWN BED??? ARE THE BEDS DIFFERENT THAN OUR BEDS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES??? YOUR "HOST" BROTHERS SOUND NEAT! HOW OLD IS THE LITTLE ONE?? THEY SOUND VERY HAPPY AND FUN TO BE AROUND!!! I THOUGHT THAT YOUR "HOST" MOM HAS A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR!! SAYING THAT SHE WILL GET COLORED CONTACTS FOR THE FAMILY SO THAT YOU WILL LOOK LIKE YOU ARE ALL RELATED! THAT WAS REALLY CLEVER!! IT WAS FUN TO SEE THE KIND OF BUSSES YOU RIDE IN WITH THE OTHER AFS STUDENTS TO YOUR SPANISH CLASS. THE BUSSES DO LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THE BUSSES LARRY DRIVES IN WASHINGTON STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES, THE DENGUE FEVER IN PARAGUAY IS VERY CONCERNING!!! MY NEIGHBOR AT THE LAKE IS A REGISTERED NURSE AND SHE TOLD ME LOTS ABOUT IT. SO BE EXTRA CAREFUL ABOUT THAT!!!!!!!!! WHERE DO YOU SHOP IN PARAGUAY???????????? WHERE DO YOU BUY INSECT REPELLENT AND OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU NEED??? WHAT KIND OF STORES DO THEY HAVE THERE?? TARGET????? DO THEY HAVE HAVE HARDWARE STORES LIKE ACE HARDWARE????????????? ARE THERE MEDICAL CLINICS??? HOSPITALS????? DR."S NEAR WHERE YOU LIVE????????? I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERY MORNING, KAYLA WHEN I TAKE MY HOT SHOWER!!!!!!!!!!!!! DOES THE FAMILY HEAT WATER ON THE STOVE FOR THEIR SHOWERS??????? I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE IN A SAFE TOWN AND A TRADITIONAL SOCIETY THAT VALUES THE FAMILY..... DO YOU TALK TO THE AFS STUDENTS FROM GERMANY?? YOU TOLD US THAT IT IS WINTER NOW IN PARAGUAY... WHAT IS THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE????? DID YOU BRING WARM CLOTHES??? DO YOU WEAR JEANS A LOT?? ARE YOU STILL EATING LOTS OF CHICKEN AND SOUP??? YOU TOLD US THAT THE PEOPLE CARRY AROUND A THERMOS OF WATER........ WHERE DO THEY GET THE WATER????????? DO YOU DRINK BOTTLED WATER?????? THE FIESTA"S FOR YOUNG PEOPLE SOUND WILD... YOUR "HOST" MOM SOUNDS WISE... PROTECTING HER DAUGHTERS FROM HARM ...BY NOT ALLOWING THEM TO BE IN A BAD SITUATION. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL GET TO VISIT THE COLEGIO...WHICH IS THEIR HIGH SCHOOL! I CAN IMAGINE IT WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN MINNETONKA HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!! HOW FAR AWAY IS THE SCHOOL WHERE YOU WORK?? HOW IS THAT GOING FOR YOU?? DO YOU FEEL BETTER THERE NOW?? CAN YOU TALK TO THE STUDENTS IN SPANISH????? HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO GO TO CHURCH ON SATURDAYS TO SING AND DANCE WITH YOUR SISTERS??? I WENT TO THE UPS TO SEE HOW I WOULD SEND YOU SOMETHING IN THE MAIL AND THEY TOLD ME THAT NUEVA ITALIA IS AN INVALID DESTINATION:( I WAS SAD TO HEAR THIS... IS THERE ANY KIND OF MAIL THAT COMES IN TO THIS CITY?????? I HOPE THAT YOU CAN LET ME KNOW... HOW I CAN SEND YOU A PACKAGE........ THEN I ASKED THE UPS HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO SEND YOU SOME VITAMINS AND THEY TOLD ME $280.00!!!!!!!! THAT CAN'T BE. WILL CLOSE FOR NOW.......... I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON VIA THIS "BLOG". I HOPE THAT I CAN GET YOUR CORRECT E-MAIL SOON BECAUSE I HAVE A PHOTO THAT I WANT TO SEND YOU:) LOVE, GRANDMA ......SUE
HI KAYLA... I HAVE READ YOUR POST OVER AND OVER AND STILL TRYING TO COMPREHEND WHAT IT MUST BE LIKE FOR YOU TO BE LIVING IN PARAGUAY!! SO MANY CHANGES ALL OF A SUDDEN AND DIFFERENT CULTURE AND UNDERSTANDING THE PEOPLE AND THEIR LANGUAGE! WOW! YOU HAVE PROBABLY EXPERIENCED MORE IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS THAN I HAVE IN MY ALMOST 70 YEARS!! SPEAKING OF 70 YEARS....... GRANDPA IS TURNING 70 TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 12TH... WE WILL BE CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY TOMORROW NIGHT! GRANDPA MAY DRIVE HIS CORVETTE TO THE MINNETONKA DRIVE-IN.... ONE OF HIS FAVORITE SPOTS! THERE ARE ALWAYS MANY CLASSIC OLD CARS THERE AND GRANDPA LOVES TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE CARS! PLUS WE HAVE A BIG CHEESEBURGER AND A ROOT BEET FLOAT!!! THIS IS A SPECIAL TREAT FOR US:)
I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERY DAY AND I ALWAYS THINK OF YOU WHEN I TAKE MY SHOWER IN THE MORNING AND I WONDER IF YOU GET TO TAKE A WARM SHOWER THERE?? YOU SAID THAT IT IS WINTER TIME NOW. I WONDER HOW COLD IT GETS IN THE WINTER?? THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I BECOME CONCERNED THAT YOU ARE O.K. AND ARE BEING WELL CARED FOR... I HAVE TO TRUST GOD AND RELEASE YOU INTO HIS PROTECTIVE CARE. I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT YOU ARE MUCH SAFER WITH GOD THAN IN MY CLINGING HANDS. I BELIEVE THAT THE LORD WILL SHOWER BLESSINGS ON YOU ...YOU JUST HAVE TO LEAN ON HIM AND BELIEVE THAT HE WANTS THE BEST FOR YOU...HE WILL BE WITH YOU, BESIDE YOU AND GO BEFORE YOU WHERE EVER YOU GO... SO TRUST AND DEPEND ON HIS GUIDANCE! THE LORD CAN BE YOUR SECURITY WHEN LIFE SEEMS TO BECOME UNSTABLE AND UNCERTAIN FOR YOU...... WHEN YOU ARE SO FAR AWAY FROM HOME. I WONDER IF YOU ARE STILL LIVING WITH YOUR ORIGINAL HOST FAMILY?? YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY ARE NOT VERY WARM OR COZY. BUT YOUR HOST MOM IS CARING. I AM SURE THAT IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR YOU AND FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. THE FACT THAT NO ONE OBEYS THE TRAFFIC LAWS SURPRISED ME!! DO YOU STILL WALK TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY?? DO PEOPLE STILL STOP AND ASK YOU IF YOU WANT A RIDE?? DID THE WORKER EVER FINISH THE WALL IN 1 OF THE BEDROOMS??? DO YOU SLEEP IN THE SAME ROOM AS THE SISTERS?? DO THE SISTERS TALK TO YOU MORE NOW??? LOTS OF QUESTIONS??? NEW PRESIDENT IN PARAGUAY?? HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HIM?? MANY HOMELESS CHILDREN IN PARAGUAY?? ARE THERE HOMES FOR THESE CHILDREN TO LIVE?? DO YOU STILL TALK TO "GUSTAVO" OFTEN??? IT WOULD SURE BE NICE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT ALL OF YOUR EXPERIENCES .... I WOULD IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE KEEPING A DAILY JOURNAL! I AM WONDERING IF YOU GO TO A SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND WORK IN THE SCHOOL?? YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO VISIT A HIGH SCHOOL......... HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO DO THIS???? I WILL WRITE AGAIN SOON. LOVE, GRANDMA.......... SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 THEN ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH. YOUR MOTHER AND RALPH ASKED US TO COME OVER FOR A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY DINNER IN THE AFTERNOON. I DON'T THINK GRANDPA LOOKS 70!!?? DO YOU???
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ReplyDeleteHI KAYLA.....I JUST TRIED TO SEND YOU AN E-MAIL BUT IT CAME BACK TO ME!!!!!!!! kayla.herpers@yahoo.com IS THIS THE RIGHT ADDRESS???????????? I THINK OF YOU CONSTANTLY AND
ReplyDeleteCONTINUE TO PRAY FOR YOUR SAFETY AND FOR YOU TO ADJUST TO PARAGUAY... "A LITTLE BIT"... I AM SURE THAT IT IS NOT EASY TO ADJUST TO SOME PLACE THAT IS SO DIFFERENT AND LEARNING TO
UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE TALK AND GET USED TO THE CULTURE!!!! WE RECEIVED THE PHOTOS AND
REALLY ENJOYED SEEING YOUR HOST FAMILY. IS THE HOUSE YOU SENT WHERE YOU ARE LIVING????
WHERE DO YOU WASH YOUR CLOTHES?? WAS THAT A PHOTO OF A CLOTHES LINE?? DO THEY WASH
THEIR CLOTHES OUT BY HAND?? DOES YOUR HOST FAMILY HAVE A BLACK PUPPY??? THE PEOPLE SOUND FRIENDLY... AND YOU SAID MANY KNOW YOU ALREADY!! DO YOU TALK WITH GUSTAVOS OFTEN??? WE ARE HAPPY THAT YOU MADE THE WISE DECISION NOT TO RIDE ON A MOTORCYCLE:)
YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY PROTECTION ON THOSE! THEY ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS WITH NO STOP SIGNS OR STOP LIGHTS IN PARAGUAY!!! IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR HOST "MOM" IS A GENEROUS
PERSON... MAKING LUNCHES AT THE COMEDOR! YOU SAID THE FOOD WAS DONATED BY THE GOV"T BUT NO LONGER... I AM HAPPY THAT YOU LIKE YOUR HOST FAMILY... I KNOW IT IS A HUGE ADJUSTMENT BUT BE STRONG AND DON'T GIVE UP IF EVERYTHING IS NOT GOING AS WELL AS YOU
THOUGHT........ THIS I AM SURE IS A BIG BIG CHANGE AND IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR IT ALL TO WORK OUT. YOU TOLD US THAT YOUR "HOST" MOM IS VERY PROTECTIVE! THAT IS WONDERFUL. DOES SHE
TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOU???????? SHE SOUNDS FUN AND LOVING?? THE PHOTO OF THE HOUSE THAT
YOU SENT LOOKS NICE???
YOUR SISTERS ARE DIANNA AND ADRIANNA........ YOU TOLD US THAT YOU ALL MOVE INTO 1 ROOM
ReplyDeleteWHEN THE WORKER FINISHES THE WALL.... DO EACH OF YOU SLEEP IN YOUR OWN BED??? ARE THE BEDS DIFFERENT THAN OUR BEDS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES??? YOUR "HOST" BROTHERS SOUND NEAT!
HOW OLD IS THE LITTLE ONE?? THEY SOUND VERY HAPPY AND FUN TO BE AROUND!!! I THOUGHT THAT YOUR "HOST" MOM HAS A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR!! SAYING THAT SHE WILL GET COLORED CONTACTS FOR THE FAMILY SO THAT YOU WILL LOOK LIKE YOU ARE ALL RELATED! THAT WAS REALLY CLEVER!!
IT WAS FUN TO SEE THE KIND OF BUSSES YOU RIDE IN WITH THE OTHER AFS STUDENTS TO YOUR SPANISH CLASS. THE BUSSES DO LOOK DIFFERENT THAN THE BUSSES LARRY DRIVES IN WASHINGTON STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES, THE DENGUE FEVER IN PARAGUAY IS VERY CONCERNING!!! MY NEIGHBOR AT THE LAKE IS A REGISTERED NURSE AND SHE TOLD ME LOTS ABOUT IT. SO BE EXTRA CAREFUL ABOUT THAT!!!!!!!!! WHERE DO YOU SHOP IN PARAGUAY???????????? WHERE DO YOU BUY INSECT REPELLENT AND OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU NEED??? WHAT KIND OF STORES DO THEY HAVE THERE?? TARGET?????
DO THEY HAVE HAVE HARDWARE STORES LIKE ACE HARDWARE????????????? ARE THERE MEDICAL CLINICS??? HOSPITALS????? DR."S NEAR WHERE YOU LIVE????????? I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERY MORNING, KAYLA WHEN I TAKE MY HOT SHOWER!!!!!!!!!!!!! DOES THE FAMILY HEAT WATER ON THE STOVE FOR THEIR SHOWERS??????? I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE IN A SAFE TOWN AND A TRADITIONAL SOCIETY THAT VALUES THE FAMILY..... DO YOU TALK TO THE AFS STUDENTS FROM GERMANY?? YOU TOLD US THAT IT IS WINTER NOW IN PARAGUAY... WHAT IS THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE????? DID YOU BRING WARM CLOTHES??? DO YOU WEAR JEANS A LOT?? ARE YOU STILL EATING LOTS OF CHICKEN AND SOUP??? YOU TOLD US THAT THE PEOPLE CARRY AROUND A THERMOS OF WATER........ WHERE DO THEY GET THE WATER????????? DO YOU DRINK BOTTLED WATER??????
THE FIESTA"S FOR YOUNG PEOPLE SOUND WILD... YOUR "HOST" MOM SOUNDS WISE... PROTECTING HER DAUGHTERS FROM HARM ...BY NOT ALLOWING THEM TO BE IN A BAD SITUATION.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL GET TO VISIT THE COLEGIO...WHICH IS THEIR HIGH SCHOOL! I CAN IMAGINE IT WILL BE DIFFERENT THAN MINNETONKA HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!! HOW FAR AWAY IS THE SCHOOL WHERE YOU WORK?? HOW IS THAT GOING FOR YOU?? DO YOU FEEL BETTER THERE NOW?? CAN YOU TALK TO THE STUDENTS IN SPANISH????? HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO GO TO CHURCH ON SATURDAYS
TO SING AND DANCE WITH YOUR SISTERS???
I WENT TO THE UPS TO SEE HOW I WOULD SEND YOU SOMETHING IN THE MAIL AND THEY TOLD ME THAT NUEVA ITALIA IS AN INVALID DESTINATION:( I WAS SAD TO HEAR THIS... IS THERE ANY KIND OF MAIL THAT COMES IN TO THIS CITY?????? I HOPE THAT YOU CAN LET ME KNOW... HOW I CAN SEND YOU A PACKAGE........ THEN I ASKED THE UPS HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO SEND YOU SOME VITAMINS AND THEY TOLD ME $280.00!!!!!!!! THAT CAN'T BE.
WILL CLOSE FOR NOW.......... I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON VIA THIS "BLOG". I HOPE THAT I CAN GET YOUR CORRECT E-MAIL SOON BECAUSE I HAVE A PHOTO THAT I WANT TO SEND YOU:)
LOVE,
GRANDMA ......SUE
AUGUST 20, 2013 8:30 P.M.
HI KAYLA... I HAVE READ YOUR POST OVER AND OVER AND STILL TRYING TO COMPREHEND WHAT
ReplyDeleteIT MUST BE LIKE FOR YOU TO BE LIVING IN PARAGUAY!! SO MANY CHANGES ALL OF A SUDDEN AND
DIFFERENT CULTURE AND UNDERSTANDING THE PEOPLE AND THEIR LANGUAGE! WOW! YOU HAVE
PROBABLY EXPERIENCED MORE IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS THAN I HAVE IN MY ALMOST 70 YEARS!!
SPEAKING OF 70 YEARS....... GRANDPA IS TURNING 70 TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 12TH... WE WILL BE
CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY TOMORROW NIGHT! GRANDPA MAY DRIVE HIS CORVETTE TO THE MINNETONKA DRIVE-IN.... ONE OF HIS FAVORITE SPOTS! THERE ARE ALWAYS MANY CLASSIC OLD CARS THERE AND GRANDPA LOVES TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE CARS! PLUS WE HAVE A BIG CHEESEBURGER AND A ROOT BEET FLOAT!!! THIS IS A SPECIAL TREAT FOR US:)
I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERY DAY AND I ALWAYS THINK OF YOU WHEN I TAKE MY SHOWER IN THE
MORNING AND I WONDER IF YOU GET TO TAKE A WARM SHOWER THERE?? YOU SAID THAT IT IS
WINTER TIME NOW. I WONDER HOW COLD IT GETS IN THE WINTER?? THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I
BECOME CONCERNED THAT YOU ARE O.K. AND ARE BEING WELL CARED FOR... I HAVE TO TRUST
GOD AND RELEASE YOU INTO HIS PROTECTIVE CARE. I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT YOU ARE MUCH
SAFER WITH GOD THAN IN MY CLINGING HANDS. I BELIEVE THAT THE LORD WILL SHOWER BLESSINGS
ON YOU ...YOU JUST HAVE TO LEAN ON HIM AND BELIEVE THAT HE WANTS THE BEST FOR YOU...HE
WILL BE WITH YOU, BESIDE YOU AND GO BEFORE YOU WHERE EVER YOU GO... SO TRUST AND DEPEND ON HIS GUIDANCE! THE LORD CAN BE YOUR SECURITY WHEN LIFE SEEMS TO BECOME UNSTABLE AND UNCERTAIN FOR YOU...... WHEN YOU ARE SO FAR AWAY FROM HOME.
I WONDER IF YOU ARE STILL LIVING WITH YOUR ORIGINAL HOST FAMILY?? YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY ARE NOT VERY WARM OR COZY. BUT YOUR HOST MOM IS CARING. I AM SURE THAT IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR YOU AND FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.
THE FACT THAT NO ONE OBEYS THE TRAFFIC LAWS SURPRISED ME!! DO YOU STILL WALK TO SCHOOL
EVERY DAY?? DO PEOPLE STILL STOP AND ASK YOU IF YOU WANT A RIDE??
DID THE WORKER EVER FINISH THE WALL IN 1 OF THE BEDROOMS??? DO YOU SLEEP IN THE SAME ROOM AS THE SISTERS?? DO THE SISTERS TALK TO YOU MORE NOW???
LOTS OF QUESTIONS??? NEW PRESIDENT IN PARAGUAY?? HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HIM?? MANY HOMELESS CHILDREN IN PARAGUAY?? ARE THERE HOMES FOR THESE CHILDREN TO LIVE??
DO YOU STILL TALK TO "GUSTAVO" OFTEN??? IT WOULD SURE BE NICE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT ALL OF YOUR EXPERIENCES .... I WOULD IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE KEEPING A DAILY JOURNAL! I AM WONDERING IF YOU GO TO A SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND WORK IN THE SCHOOL??
YOU SAID THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO VISIT A HIGH SCHOOL......... HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO DO THIS???? I WILL WRITE AGAIN SOON. LOVE, GRANDMA.......... SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
THEN ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH. YOUR MOTHER AND RALPH ASKED US TO COME OVER FOR A
SPECIAL BIRTHDAY DINNER IN THE AFTERNOON. I DON'T THINK GRANDPA LOOKS 70!!?? DO YOU???