One Year in Site

September 4th, 2007 La Encantada, Peru

One Year in Site

Today I completed one year in the small town of La Encantada. In order to celebrate, my family killed a turkey and roasted it up traditional style. I had a few friends over and we celebrated with some rum and coke and a few cigars I´d bought in Lima just for the occasion. It was good time reminiscing about memories we´d created the past year.

After living here for a year, I can say I know this place pretty well. I have made some really good friends and am realizing more and more each day that it will be difficult when I leave here a year from now. The families have really reached out to me and tried to make me a part of the community. I´ll miss the kids the most.

August 28th, 2007 La Encantada, Peru

SPA Grant Approved

I have been working with mango farmers planning a dried fruit project. In June we finished writing an 18 page report detailing the project details and how the business would operate. We recently learned that USAID approved our project and would be sending a check our way promptly. Therefore, the mango farmers and I will be purchasing materials to build solar driers and dehydrating fruit for sale rather soon.