We went on our first field trip yesterday in Spanish class. Our teacher, Hugo, took us to a typical Bolivian house where we were taught how to make some tasty Bolivian emanadas (bread filled with cheese) and cookies. We had a wonderful time learning and experiencing how they prepare the dough without any bowls or spoons. They use the counter and pour out the flour, they make a large circle in the center of the flour where they pour everything else in. Then, they mix the inner ingredients together and proceed to add the flour into the mixture when it's ready. We enjoyed the process very much and thought we would share a few photos of our day.

The first picture is of us working hard making empanadas.

The second picture is the finished product. We are pictured here with our teacher, Hugo, and the woman who was teaching us how to make the empanadas and cookies.

Easter (Pascua) 2009

Bienvenidos a La Paz para Pascua (Welcome to La Paz for Easter). We had the priviledge of going on a 16 hour bus ride up to La Paz where we spent Easter with roughly 3000 Bolivians. It was incredible. Below are a few pictures of all the people in the building. Of course people continued to flood the doors throughout the service and these pictures were taken at the beginning.

We also had the opportunity to travel to the highest navigable lake in the world: Lake Titicaca. Below is a picture of a reed boat that is traditionally used on the lake.

Now we are back from La Paz and working hard again at language classes. We feel that we are improving every week and it is exiting to think about where we will be in a few months.