So now I am officially sworn in as a Peace Corps volunteer. On friday we had a swearing in ceremony at the US embassy in Asuncion and I got to meet the embassador. I got a phone and the country code number Paraguay is 595, then my cell number is 0975 640 110. If you use a skype account you just have to click on Paraguay and it should automatically put in the 595 number. Skype is a computer program that only charges two cents per minute for international calls. I should have my phone on and in service most of the time if any of you want to call.
I am headed out to my new site on Tuesday and am getting some R&R until then in Asuncion. Hope to talk to you all soon. It is free for me to recieve international calls on my cell phone, so don´t worry about that.

German man and one of his three giant dogs in a rural area next to Acahay, Paraguay. He took me around the area to show what is left of the forest around his land. He was a Park Ranger in Paraguay and is luckily planning on keeping most of his land forrested and setteling down with his wife.

The biggest rat in the world! A Carpincho! About the size of a medium sized dog!